OSHA Inspection: CARDINAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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 September 19, 2014, contract employees working on the side walk underneath other employees working from the basket were not wearing hard hats, exposed themselves to head injuries.

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 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 or about September 19, 2014, all contract employees operating saws and drills were not wearing safety glasses, exposing themselves to eye injuries.

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a. On or about September 19, 2014, each working level on the scaffold was not fully planked, exposing the contract employees to a 7.5 feet fall hazard.

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts were used to support scaffold platforms while the entire platform was not attached to the fork and the fork-lift was moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:    a. On or about September 19, 2014, the basket was not attached to the forks, exposing the contract employees to fall hazards.      Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a. On or about September 19, 2014, the contract employees climbed the scaffold rungs as a means of access because there was no ladder, exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.  Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a. On or about September 19, 2014, the scaffold was not erected, moved and dismantled under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffolds.

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $1900.00 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 or about September 19, 2014, contract employees working from the basket were not wearing a body belt and lanyard attached to the basket, exposing themselves to a 10.8 feet fall hazard.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights) more than 6 feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:    a. On or about September 19, 2014, contract employees standing on sheets of plywood on the roof were not protected from falling 10 feet 8-inches by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system or any other type of fall protection method.

Issued

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes by covers:    a. On or about September 19, 2014, side walk area, contract employees walking and working near five 21-inch  x 22-inch x 5-inch deep exposed holes were not protected from tripping and stepping into them.     Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required