OSHA Inspection: SJS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Oct 16, 2014

Abate by

Oct 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 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) The employer did not ensure that eye protection was used when using nail guns, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Oct 16, 2014

Abate by

Oct 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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)  Employer did not ensure that employees had adequate access and egress of the ladder jack scaffolding system.

Issued

Oct 16, 2014

Abate by

Oct 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:  (a) The employer did not ensure proper access was used where a break in elevation existed between the platform of a ladder jack scaffold and roof surface, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 16, 2014

Abate by

Oct 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(10): The tops of a non-self-supporting ladder were not placed with the two rails supported equally:    (a) The employer did not ensure that the top rails of a ladder were resting equally on the landing surface, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 16, 2014

Abate by

Oct 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m):    (a) The employer did not ensure that the height of a ladder jack scaffold platform did not exceed 20 feet, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 16, 2014

Abate by

Oct 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 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) The employer did not ensure that employees were using fall protection when conducting roofing work.  The employees were exposed to falling up to 24.3 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 16, 2014

Abate by

Oct 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.552(a)(1): 29 CFR 1926.552(a)(1): The employer did not comply with the manufacturer's specifications and limitations applicable to the operation of all hoists and elevators.              (a) The employer did not ensure that the manufacturer's specifications were followed for a RGC hoisting device. The employees used the hoisting track as a ladder, exposing them to a fall hazard.