OSHA Inspection: STICK CONTRACTOR SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a):  During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  (a). At Lot C-166 in Champions Gate where wood frame residential construction was being performed, the area was littered with debris which created puncture, slips, trips and fall hazards to the employees working in the area, on or about May 5, 2014.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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):   (a).  At Lot C-166 in Champions Gate employees performing residential wood frame construction were not using conventional or alternative fall protection to protect them from a 10 and 20-foot fall hazard, on or about May 5, 2014.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(8):  A metal spreader or locking device was not provided on each stepladder to hold the front and back sections in an open position when the ladder was being used:  (a).  At Lot C-166 in Champions Gate during single family wood frame construction the stepladder being used on the roof was not open and locked while occupied by an employee exposing him to a fall hazard of 10 feet, on or about May 5, 2014.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladders length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigied support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist emmployees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  (a) At Lot C-166 in Champions Gate the 2o-foot extension ladder used to gain access onto the roof of the two story single family home under construction was not positioned at minimum of 3 feet above the landing and not secured at its top to protect the employees from the 10-foot fall hazard, on or about May 5, 2014.