OSHA Inspection: VP CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

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:   A) Ground front of house - An employee was exposed to head injuries while working below roofing/masonry activities. The employee was not protected by a hard hat or protective helmet, on or about May 6th, 2014.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):   When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.   A) Scaffold left side of house: An employee was exposed to fall hazards of up to 16 feet while climbing up a fabricated framed scaffold that was not provided with safe access, on or about May 6th, 2014.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):   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 (b)  A: Roof of house: An employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet while engaged in masonry work on a residential structure without a means of fall protection in place, on or about May 6th, 2014.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches, whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    A) Front steps of house: Employees were exposed to fall hazards as a 10 foot stairway that the employees were using did not have a handrail for the employees to use, on or about May 6th, 2014.