OSHA Inspection: MANOS CARPENTRY, LLC

Issued

Oct 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a. On or about September 24, 2014, all employees working underneath other employees on the roof were not wearing hard hats, exposing themselves to head injuries.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

Oct 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 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 24, 2014, all employees operating nail guns were not wearing safety glasses, exposing themselves to eye injuries.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

Oct 1, 2014

Abate by

Oct 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,100 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 24, 2014, back side of the home, the scaffold system was not fully planked, exposing the employee to a 6-foot fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 1, 2014

Abate by

Oct 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 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 employee(s) selected for such work by the competent person:    a. On or about September 24, 2014, the scaffold system was not erected and dismantled by an experienced employee under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffolds.

Issued

Oct 1, 2014

Abate by

Oct 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,400 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. On or about September 24, 2014, employees setting trusses and corner sets were not protected from up to 12 feet by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system or any other type of fall protection method.

Issued

Oct 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a. On or about September 24, 2014, inside of home, the red extension ladder used by employees to access and exit from the trusses were not extended 3 feet above the landing, exposing the employees to fall hazards.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required