OSHA Inspection: SKY BUILDERS CONTRACTORS

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:   Employees were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and/or eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not provide frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment by a competent person:  An employee performing roofing activities at a residential construction site was exposed to fall hazards and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to the work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:  Employees were exposed to overhead struck-by hazards and the employees had not received instruction from the employer on how to recognize and avoid the unsafe conditions found at the jobsite.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Employees working on the ground below employees performing roof activities were exposed to the hazard of being struck in the head by falling materials or tools and employees were not required to wear hard hats.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  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 other provisions of paragraph (b) of this section used to provide an alternative fall protection measure:  Employees performing roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8.5 and 14.5 feet while working on a roof because none of the fall protection systems specified above were used to protect employees from falling.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards which enables each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards:    Employees performing roofing activities on a roof, approximately 8.5 and 14.5 feet high, were exposed to fall hazards and the employees were not provided training which would have enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.