OSHA Inspection: ACTION BUILDERS INC.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Apr 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 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, or from electrical shock and burns:     Jobsite - Employees working on the ground were not wearing hard hats to protect them from falling materials or tools from those employees working overhead.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Apr 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     At the Jobsite - In the following instances employees were not protected from falling over 6':         a)    While working on the first story or floor.         b)    While working/walking around the back side of the house where there were two areas where there was a fall to the basement.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Apr 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:     Back of House - The reinforcing steel rods were not guarded to prevent an impalement hazard.