OSHA Inspection: BROERMAN BUILDERS LLC

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:      Employees were installing trusses and roof sheathing at a construction site and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with OSHA regulations.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not provide frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment by a competent person:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazards while installing roof sheathing and trusses and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a frame scaffold installing trusses and accessing the top plate and the frame scaffold was not fully planked between the uprights or guardrails.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):  The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    Employees working from a frame scaffold installing trusses and accessing the top plate. The platform was not fully planked and the employer had not provided training to the employees on the hazards associated with working off of the scaffolding and procedures to minimize those hazards.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral pre-fabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:        Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the frame to install trusses and acceptable means of access on and off the scaffold was not provided for the employee.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operation, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the frame scaffold and the employer had not provided training on the scaffolding and the appropriate method to access.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 11 feet while installing trusses and accessing the top plate and no fall protection was being used.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects:      Employees were exposed to being struck in the head by trusses that were being installed and the employees were not required to wear a hard hat.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling:      Employees working from a frame scaffold installing trusses and accessing the top plate were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet and the employees were not protected from falling because there was no mid rail and top rail.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:      Employees were working from a frame scaffold installing trusses and accessing the top plate. The employees were exposed to a fall hazard because the scaffolding was not erected under the direction of someone acting in the capacity of a competent person before employees were allowed to access the scaffold.

Issued

2014-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record containing the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employee:      The employer did not maintain evidence of the required training for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.  There was no written documentation that included the employees name, date of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employee.