OSHA Inspection: VEGA FRAMING, LLC

Issued

Mar 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $721 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) At Lot 19 The Battery Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about February 11, 2015 and at times prior the employer failed to ensure employees operating pneumatic nail guns while involved in framing activities wear safety glasses exposing them to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Mar 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $962 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)  At Lot 19 The Battery Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about February 11, 2015 and at times prior: the employer exposed his employees to amputation hazards in that he failed to ensure the guard was working properly on a Makita Skill Saw used on site.

Issued

Mar 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $721 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  a)  At Lot 19 The Battery Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about February 11, 2015 and at times prior; the employer exposed his employees to a fall hazard of 9 feet to the ground below in that he allowed employees to work from a job made scaffold that measured 12 inches wide.

Issued

Mar 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $962 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)  At Lot 19 The Battery Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about February 11, 2015 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to walk the top plate of framed walls without fall protection exposing them to a fall hazard of 15.2 feet to the ground below.  (b)  At Lot 19 The Battery Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about February 11, 2015 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to walk the top plate of framed walls without fall protection exposing them to a fall hazard of 10 feet to the floor below.

Issued

Mar 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,134 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:  a)  At Lot 19 The Battery orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about February 11, 2015 and at times prior; the employer failed to train his employees on fall protection to include but not limited to procedures for inspecting fall protection, how to install fall protection and when to use fall protection.