OSHA Inspection: CHELTENHAM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Issued

2015-06-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $50000.00 · Current $10000.00 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)  At 4328 Hawkins Ridge Road in Saint Louis, MO 63129 - On or about 05/05/2015, employees were standing on a newly constructed porch roof (approximately 5-in-12 pitch; 12 feet above a lower solid earth/concrete surface) while installing trim around the second-story windows, and did not have any fall protection system in place, exposing employees to elevated fall hazards.       CHELTENHAM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD (1926.501(b)(13)), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 902001, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 2 GROUP B AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 04/11/2014, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 8432 DELCREST DRIVE, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63124.

Issued

2015-05-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2168.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I): Flexible cords and cables used for temporary wiring were not protected from damage:    a)  At 4328 Hawkins Ridge Road in Saint Louis, MO 63129 - On or about 05/05/2015, employees were using a heavy duty extension cord, for powering handheld power tools, that had a damage to the outer sheathing (cut, exposing bare wiring) approximately 8 inches from the female connector, exposing employees to contact with electricity hazards.

Issued

2015-05-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4250.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:    a) At 4328 Hawkins Ridge Road in Saint Louis, MO 63129 - On or about 05/05/2015, an employee was using a laminated wood I-Joist, with an uneven walking surface, as a scaffold plank on a ladder jack scaffold (one side supported by a 24ft aluminum extension ladder and the other side supported by an adjacent porch roof), approximately 14 feet above a lower solid earth/concrete surface, and was not designed by a qualified person, exposing the employee to elevated fall hazards.