OSHA Inspection: NEW MILLENIUM

Issued

Oct 9, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 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) Jobsite, 1012 Hope Street, Roof - Employees were performing carpentry operations within 2 feet of unprotected edges 30 feet above ground level without conventional or alternative methods of fall protection, observed on or about 6/23/14.

Issued

Oct 9, 2014

Abate by

Oct 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Jobsite, 1012 Hope Street, Roof - Employees were performing carpentry operations within 2 feet of unprotected edges 30 feet above ground level without being trained in fall protection. Employees did not know the trigger height for fall protection in construction on or about 6/23/14.

Issued

Oct 9, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.  a) Jobsite, 1012 Hope Street, 3rd Floor - Employees were performing carpentry operations within 3 feet of unprotected 3 foot x 8 foot window openings 20 feet above ground level without fall protection, observed on or about 6/23/14.

Issued

Oct 9, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:   a) Jobsite, 1012 Hope Street, 3rd & 4th Floors - Employees were performing carpentry operations within 3 feet of an unprotected 4 foot x 8 floor holes 9 feet above the next level without fall protection, observed on or about 6/23/14.

Issued

Oct 9, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:  a) Jobsite, 1012 Hope Street, 3rd Floor - Employees were using unprotected stairs 9 feet above the next level, observed on or about 9/17/14.

Issued

Oct 9, 2014

Abate by

Oct 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:  a) Jobsite, 1012 Hope Street, 3rd Floor - Employees were using unprotected stairs 9 feet above the next level without being trained in ladder/stairway safety. Employees did not know the trigger height for providing a stairrail system on or about 6/23/14.