OSHA Inspection: BK SIDING AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    (a) The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to ensure employees were able to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions and were knowledgeable on the methods to control or eliminate hazards associated with their work environment, such as, but not limited to, working from scaffold systems, using pneumatic nail guns and operating electrical powered tools. The employees were exposed to struck-by, electrical and fall hazards.

Issued

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  (a) Employees working from a pump jack scaffold were not trained in the recognition of the hazards associated with working from scaffold systems and the methods to control and minimize the hazards. Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 14-feet to the next lower level.

Issued

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1320.00 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) On the northwest side of the residence, employees were using pneumatic nail guns to install the soffit and fascia on a 2-story single family residence without protective eyewear. The employer did not ensure safety glasses were being used, exposing the employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1320.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:    (a) On the northwest side of the residence, the employer was using a Makita circular saw to cut soffit and fascia boards. The outer insulation on the saw electrical power cord was frayed, exposing an employee to an electrical hazard.

Issued

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1320.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:     (a) On the northwest side of the residence, the employer did not provide a safe means of access for employees using a pump jack scaffold to install the soffit and fascia on a two-story single family home, exposing the employees to a fall of approximately 14-feet to the next lower level.

Issued

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1320.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    (a) On the northwest side of the residence, employees were not protected from falling while installing the soffit and fascia from a pump jack scaffold on a 2-story residence without the use of a fall protection system. The employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 14-feet to the next lower level.

Issued

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1320.00 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) On the northwest side of the residence, the employer did not secure the bottom of the pump jack scaffold poles to prevent displacement. Employees were installing the soffit and fascia on a 2-story residence, exposed to a fall of approximately 14-feet to the next lower level.