OSHA Inspection: PHILLIP'S CONSTRUCTION & HOME IMPROVEMENT, LLC

Issued

2014-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    a) Lot # 2, 3392 Ernest W. Barrett Parkway NW, Marietta, GA: An employee, using a pneumatic nail gun (Model: Hitachi Duo Fast) was not protected from eye injuries while installing siding and related materials.

Issued

2014-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(d): Portable, power-driven circular saw(s) were not equipped with a guard above and below the base plate or shoe:    a) Lot # 2, 3392 Ernest W. Barrett Parkway NW, Marietta, GA - The employer was using a Makita Circular Saw, Model 5007F, with a wood shim that prevented the lower guard from returning automatically to the blade covering position.  This condition exposed an employee to laceration and amputation hazards while cutting siding materials.

Issued

2014-10-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) Lot # 2, 3392 Ernest W. Barrett Parkway NW, Marietta, GA- The employer exposed employees, installing siding on a residence, to fall hazards of approximately 11 feet while working on an Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffold without proper footings or base plates.

Issued

2014-10-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.    a)  Lot # 2, 3392 Ernest W. Barrett Parkway NW, Marietta, GA- The employer exposed employees, installing siding to a lower level fall hazard of approximately 11 feet while working from an Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffold, to fall hazards because the scaffold did not have its poles secured at the bottom.

Issued

2014-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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) Lot # 2, 3392 Ernest W. Barrett Parkway NW, Marietta, GA- The employer exposed employees, installing siding from a working platform of an Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffold approximately 11 feet above ground level, to fall hazards, as the employees were not wearing a personal fall arrest system and neither guard rails or safety nets had been installed.