OSHA Inspection: BRUIN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,440 · Current $936 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that all working levels on a scaffold were fully planked, exposing an employee to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:   a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that fall protection systems/devices were used while on the scaffolding, exposing an employee to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels werer not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:   a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that scaffold frames were appropriately joined together vertically, in that no locking pins or other equivalent means were used to secure the frames.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(2): Scaffold casters and wheels were not locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold was used in a stationary manner:   a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that scaffold wheels were locked while an employee was on the scaffold performing work.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that employees who worked on scaffolding were provided with appropriate scaffold safety training. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but wer enot limited to, the lack of fall protection being used, wheels not being locked, frames not appropriately secured together vertically and working level not being fully planked.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,170 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:      a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during stick frame construction activities, the employer did not ensure that employees who worked on top of the buidling/framing being built, were using fall protection systems/devices, exposing them to fall hazards of up to approximately 20 feet.     b) Job site, 4801 McKight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during stick frame construction activities, the employer did not ensure that employees inside the stick frame construction walls being built, were using appropriate fall protection systems/devices in that the wall studs were determined to be approximately 20 inches or more in width, exposing employees to falls of up to approximately 13 feet.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not  provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards that would enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and that taught each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that fall protection training was provided for employees performing stick frame exterior construction activities where employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximatley 20 feet.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   a) Job site, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 17, 2014, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that employees wore appropriate eye/face protection during work activities including, but not limited to, operating nail guns.