OSHA Inspection: ARCHIE COBERN

Issued

Dec 29, 2014

Abate by

Feb 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   On September 12, 2014, Archie Cobern, was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through written certification that each citation was abated.  Abatement certification was not received for the following violations:       a.       Citation 1 Item 1a and b, and   b.      Citation 1 Item 2a and b.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Abate by

Sep 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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:  Archie Cobern had employees exposed to fall hazards, on a residential construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.  The employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees activities.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Abate by

Sep 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:      Archie Cobern had employees exposed to fall hazards, on a residential construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.  The employer did not have a competent person conducting frequent and periodic safety inspections at the construction site.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Abate by

Sep 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

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):     Archie Cobern had employees exposed to approximate 9 ft. fall hazards without fall protection, on a residential construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Abate by

Sep 18, 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:   Archie Cobern had employees exposed to approximate 9 ft. fall hazards without fall protection, on a residential construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.   The employer did not provide construction safety training to employees, in order to provide them with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards of falling and the safety requirements associated with fall protection, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate the fall hazards.