OSHA Inspection: BALTIC CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Feb 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     Workers were observed engaged in residential construction activities framing a single-family house. A worker was installing sheathing material on the upper section of the roof trusses and was exposed to a potential 17.0 foot fall hazard in that a proper method of fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

Feb 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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:         Workers were observed engaged in residential construction activities framing a single-family house. Workers were installing wooden framing material on the upper section of a single-family house. Workers who were exposed to a potential 17.0 foot fall hazards and were not properly trained in fall protection criteria.