OSHA Inspection: LOWELL BROS. CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2015-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2200.00 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) Employees conducting carpentry activities were not protected from falling to the lower level (10.1 feet) from the second floor deck inside the house.    (b) Employees conducting carpentry activities were not protected from falling to the lower level from a stairwell lading area. (7.2 feet)    (c) Employees conducting carpentry activities were not protected from falling through wall openings from the second floor deck inside the house. (Approx. 16 feet)

Issued

2015-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 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)  The employer did not ensure that employees exposed to fall hazards had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazards associated with their work.

Issued

2015-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $596.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:    (a) Employees were traversing stairwells with four or more risers without at least one handrail in place.