OSHA Inspection: CARPET CAREGIVER, INC

Issued

2015-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  Location: 144 Scott Street, Meriden, CT 06450  The abatement certification for the following Serious Citations issued on August 7, 2014 was not received with 10 calendar days following the abatement due dates:  Citation 01    Item 001    Abatement due date was September 3, 2014 Citation 01    Item 002    Abatement due date was August 19, 2014 Citation 01    Item 003    Abatement due date was August 19, 2014 Citation 01    Item 004    Abatement due date was August 19, 2014 Citation 01    Item 005    Abatement due date was August 19, 2014 Citation 01    Item 006    Abatement due date was August 19, 2014 Citation 01    Item 007a  Abatement due date was September 3, 2014 Citation 01    Item 007b  Abatement due date was September 3, 2014

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  JOBSITE:  The employer did not ensure through providing specific instruction, training and information and/or visual observation that the employees operating the HaulMaster Drywall Panel Hoist (equipment) were not only operating the equipment properly and safely at all times, but also to recognize and control hazards.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  JOBSITE:  The employees, working underneath the drywall panels that were hoisted up with a Haulmaster Drywall Panel Hoist to install the panels to the ceiling were not wearing protective helmets/hard hats.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii): On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupters for personal protection.  JOBSITE:  A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) or an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized where employees used a flexible electrical extension cord to power a QH 505 Lamp Work Light.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  JOBSITE:  The attachment plug of a yellow flexible cord used to power a QH 505 Lamp Work Light was missing a grounding pin.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(1)(I): Flexible cords and cables shall be suitable for conditions of use and location:  JOBSITE:  The outer sheathing of a yellow flexible cord used to power a QH 505 Lamp Work was damaged.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  JOBSITE:  The platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, from which employees were working to install drywall was not fully planked or decked.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees 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.  JOBSITE:  The fabricated frame scaffold, used by employees to install drywall to a ceiling, was not assembled under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-03 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.  JOBSITE:  The employees, who were performing work from the fabricated frame scaffold, were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.