OSHA Inspection: BRENTLEY BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

2014-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $900.00 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.    Location:  92 Hoyt Street, New Canaan, CT 06840    The employee installing exterior siding with a pneumatic nail gun was not wearing eye protection.

Issued

2014-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    Location: 92 Hoyt Street, New Canaan, CT 06840      The poles of pump jack scaffolds set up in muddy areas were not set on a firm foundation such as but not limited base plates.

Issued

2014-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Location:  92 Hoyt Street, New Canaan, CT 06840    Employees were working from pump jack scaffolds that had poles which were not secured at the bottom and were susceptible to being displaced.

Issued

2014-11-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $900.00 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.    Location:  92 Hoyt Street, New Canaan, CT 06840      A pump jack scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

2014-11-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  Location:  92 Hoyt Street, New Canaan, CT 06840    The employees, required to work from pump jack scaffolds, did not receive appropriate training and information by a competent person to ensure the employee had an understanding of the hazards associated with scaffolds and the steps to take to mitigate those hazards.