OSHA Inspection: NOTHING TO IT RENOVATIONS LLC

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.      a) 4725 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about, 5/07/14 the employer failed to ensure employees wore eye protection while operating a pneumatic nail gun.

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

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:      a) 4725 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about 5/07/14, the employer allowed employees to work from a scaffold level that was not fully planked.

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) 4725 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about 5/07/14, the employer allowed employees to access and egress a rolling scaffold while not having a ladder attached.

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   a) 4725 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about 5/07/14, the employer did not ensure that employees working from a scaffold 13 feet 5 inches above the ground were protected by a complete guardrail system or wore personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) 4725 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about, 5/07/14 the employer allowed employees to work from a rolling scaffold that did not have all wheel breaks engaged. The employees were 13 feet 5 inches above the ground.