OSHA Inspection: LEVERAGE BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

Jul 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

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. On or about June 3, 2014, an employee, working on the second level of the northwest side of building 4000,  was exposed to a 12-foot, fall hazard in that the employee was not protected by a fall protection system.    b. On or about June 3, 2014, an employee, working on the second level of the northwest side of building 3000, was exposed to a 22-foot, 6-inch fall hazard in that the employee was not protected by a fall protection system.    c. On or about June 3, 2014, an employee working on the third level of the southeast side of building 3000, was exposed to a 24-foot, fall hazard if falling outside of the structure, a 10-foot, 8-inch fall hazard if falling on the inside of the structure and was not protected by a fall protection system.