OSHA Inspection: POND VIEW CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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:  a) White Springs at Providence, Lot 17, Worksite - on or about March 24, 2015, employees are using pneumatically powered framing nailers to apply fasteners without utilizing any means of eye protection.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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:   a) White Springs at Providence, Lot 17, Worksite - on or about March 24, 2015, employees are performing frame carpentry work from the interior top plate of the structure, approximately 9 feet, 1 inch above a lower level, without any means of fall protection.    b) White Springs at Providence, Lot 17, Worksite - on or about March 24, 2015, employees are performing frame carpentry work directly adjacent to a window opening, approximately 11 feet above a lower level, without being protected by a standard guardrail.   c) White Springs at Providence, Lot 17, Worksite - on or about March 24, 2015, an employee was performing frame carpentry work from an elevated working surface, approximately 18 feet above a lower level, without any means of fall protection.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:  a) White Springs at Providence, Lot 17, Worksite - on or about March 24, 2015, employees are climbing on the framing of a residential home project prior to lowering themselves to a preplaced stepladder in excess of three feet below the point of access and egress.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1402(b): The equipment was assembled or used without ensuring that ground conditions are firm, drained, and graded to a sufficient extent so that, in conjunction (if necessary) with the use of supporting materials, the equipment manufacturer's specifications for adequate support and degree of level of the equipment are met:  a) White Springs at Providence, Lot 17, Worksite - on or about March 24, 2015, a Manitex SX 102 Truck Mounted Crane was in use to lift trusses to the necessary assembly height while set upon ground conditions which were not firm, drained, and graded.