OSHA Inspection: FRANK'S HOME IMPROVEMENTS & SIDING CO., INC.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Abate by

May 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    location: entire site  on or about: 3/6/14    a) Employees, engaged in residential remodeling work, were exposed to several hazards, including scaffold and electrical hazards. The employees were not provided with safety training.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs 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:   location: entire site on or about: 3/6/14  a) Employees, engaged in residential remodeling work, were exposed to several scaffold hazards. The employees were not provided with scaffold safety training.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Abate by

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors:    location: entire site  on or about: 3/6/14    a) Employees were using electrical equipment, including a Makita saw, while engaged in residential remodeling work. The employees were not provided with GFCI protection or an assured equipment grounding conductor program.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(i): Each ladder jack scaffold, top plate bracket scaffold, roof bracket scaffold, and pump jack scaffold was not at least 12 inches (30 cm) wide:     location: front of house  on or about: 3/6/14    a) An employee was working from a pump jack/ladder jack scaffold. The platform consisted of only one 8' 3/4" wide plank.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): Each platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), and it was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:  location: South side of house on or about: 3/6/14  a) An employee was working from a pump jack scaffold. The platform extended several feet beyond the support.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:     location: entire site  on or about: 3/6/14    a) An employee was working from a combination of pump jack and ladder jack scaffolds, that were connected to each other. The scaffolds were not inspected for visable defects.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:   location: entire site on or about: 3/6/14  a) An employee was working from a combination of pump jack and ladder jack scaffolding, that were connected to each other. The scaffolds were not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:     location: south side of house  on or about: 3/6/14    a) An employee was working from a pump jack scaffold. The pump jack scaffold was not braced at the bottom of the poles.