OSHA Inspection: BROTHERS B CONSTRUCTION CORP.

Issued

Jul 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 Reduced

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:  a. Along the top of the exterior cinder block walls, hard hats were not worn when receiving wooden truss frames from a mobile crane exposing employees to a struck by hazard, on or about 6/4/2015.

Issued

Jul 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $612 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:  a. In the roof truss framing, eye protection was not worn when operating a Super-Framer nail gun model CN890F, exposing employees to a struck by hazard, on or about 6/4/15.

Issued

Jul 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,224 Reduced

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. On top of the exterior cinder block walls, fall protection was not provided when receiving wood trusses that were being flown by a mobile crane exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about 6/4/15.

Issued

Jul 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a. Along the east exterior wall, the portable extension ladder used to climb onto the exterior wall only extended two rungs (two feet) past the landing surface, exposing the employees to a fall hazard, on or about 6/4/15.