OSHA Inspection: DAVID WILLIAMS GENERAL CONTRACTING

Issued

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  At a commercial construction site, employees performing framing activities on the roof without fall protection were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 23 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  At a commercial construction site, an employee performing framing activities connected to an anchor point approximately 12 feet below the working surface was exposed to falling more than 6 feet or to the concrete below.

Issued

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $680.00 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:  At a commercial construction site, employees performing framing activities accessed the roof using a ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof edge were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:   At a commercial construction site, employees performing framing activities on the roof while using the top step of an 8 foot "A" framed ladder to access the upper working surface were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet.