OSHA Inspection: HAMPTON DWELL CORP.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) Worksite, South: Employees were working on a ladder jack scaffold. No means of fall protection was used; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms shall not be bridged one to another.  a) Worksite, South: Scaffold platforms were being bridged one to another; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.  a) Worksite, South: Employees were working on a scaffold without having received training on relative hazards; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 10, 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:  a) Worksite: Employees were working on the roof of a residential home. Employees were not protected from fall hazards and were not trained to recognize such hazards; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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) Worksite: Employees were working the roof of a residential home without having protection from fall hazards; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) Worksite, North: An employee was using two sections of a 40 foot extension ladder separately to access higher levels; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive siderails:  a) Worksite, West: Employees used a metal ladder to access the second floor of a residential home. The ladder was positioned directly adjacent to live power lines; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a) Worksite, North: An employee was using two sections of a 40 foot extension ladder separately to access higher levels. Employees did not receive training so that they could recognized associated hazards; on, or about, 09/29/2014.   Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.