OSHA Inspection: AXIOM CONTRACTING, INC.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 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. On or about March 5, 2015, employees working on the ground were not protected from employees working overhead, exposing themselves to head injuries.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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. On or about March 5, 2015, on the roof, employees were using Hitachi pneumatic air guns while installing roofing components and were not wearing safety glasses, exposing them to eye injuries.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:  a. On or about March 5, 2014, on the 4:12 pitch roof, employees were conducting roofing operations within inches of a 200 ampres drop-down power line, exposing themselves to an electrical hazard.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 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 or about March 5, 2015, on the 4:12 pitch roof, an employee was re-roofing operations on the residential house without a fall protection system, exposing them to an 8 feet 3-inch fall hazard.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 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.  On or about March 5, 2015, the extension ladder used to access the roof did not extend 3 feet above the eave, exposing employees to a 8 feet 3-inch fall hazard.