OSHA Inspection: ADVANTAGE REBUILDERS

Issued

Jun 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,440 · Current $720 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). Worksite located at 735 NW 60th Street Unit A5, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were working and  walking underneath elevated employees and materials which were falling to the ground in which the employees were not wearing any means of head protection.

Issued

Jun 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,080 · Current $540 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). Worksite located at 735 NW 60th Street Unit A5, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were observed hammering and cutting without the use of any means of eye or face protection.

Issued

Jun 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  (a). Worksite located at 735 NW 60th Street Unit A5, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were exposed to shock or electrocution hazards in that two separate radial saws had their cords severed, rewired and then had inner wires exposed to employees.

Issued

Jun 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $1,764 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    (a). Worksite located at 735 NW 60th Street Unit A5, Kansas City, Missouri- Employee was observed working and walking on a suspended work platform and was not protected from falling by the use of any means of fall protection.

Issued

Jun 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:   (a). Worksite located at 735 NW 60th Street, Unit 5A, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were exposed to fall or collapse hazards in that the pump jack scaffold was not secured at the top and bottom with rigid triangular bracing.

Issued

Jun 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,080 · Current $540 Reduced

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). Worksite located at 735 NW 60th Street, Unit A5, Kansas City, Missouri-  Employee was observed misusing a step ladder in that he had collapsed the metal spreader bar,  leaned the ladder against the structure and the ladder like a extension ladder.