OSHA Inspection: 21ST CENTURY CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

Dec 2, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:      a) On or about August 14, 2014 - at the jobsite located at 3238 S. 178th Street, Lansing, IL. - the employer did not provided training for the employees performing siding activities to recognize unsafe working conditions in their work environment, thereby exposing employees to safety hazards.

Issued

Dec 2, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:    a) On or about August 14, 2014 - at the jobsite located at 3238 S. 178th Street, Lansing, IL. - the employer did not ensure employees working on a ladder jack scaffold were trained on the recognition of scaffold hazards, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 2, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets:    a) On or about August 14, 2014 - at the jobsite located at 3238 S. 178th Street, Lansing, IL. - employees performing siding activities working below ladder jack scaffolding were not protected by the use of personal protective equipment including, but not limited to hard hats, thereby exposing employees to overhead stuck by hazards.

Issued

Dec 2, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) On or about August 14, 2014 - at the jobsite located at 3238 S. 178th Street, Lansing, IL. - employees performing siding activities using circular saws were not protected by the use of personal protective equipment including, but not limited to safety glasses, thereby exposing employees to safety hazards.

Issued

Dec 2, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:    a) On or about August 14, 2014 - at the jobsite located at 3238 S. 178th Street, Lansing, IL.- employees performing siding activities from ladder jack scaffolding were working on a scaffold platform that extended more than eighteen (18) inches over its support, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately fourteen (14) feet and six (6) inches.

Issued

Dec 2, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used:  a) On or about August 14, 2014 - at the jobsite located at 3238 S. 178th Street, Lansing, IL. - employees performing siding activities from ladder jack scaffolding were not provided an additional ladder to safely access the scaffold platform, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately fourteen (14) feet and six (6) inches.

Issued

Dec 2, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system:    a) On or about August 14, 2014 - at the jobsite located at 3238 S. 178th Street, Lansing, IL.- employees performing siding activities from ladder jack scaffolding were not provided personal fall protection, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately fourteen (14) feet and six (6) inches.