OSHA Inspection: BEN ROBERTS REMODELING & CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $601 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1):      Employer did not ensure that electric equipment is free of from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    An employee was exposed to electrical hazards because the gang box being used to power the power tools and radio was metal and was not designed for outdoor use on a construction site.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2):    Listed, labeled or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:   An employee was exposed to electrical hazards because gang box being used to power the power tools and radio was metal and was not being used in accordance with the labeling and list requirements.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):    Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and  the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:     Employees were exposed to a fall  hazard of approximately 10 feet when using a step ladder to access an upper level to perform residential construction activities because they did not utilize a ladder that extended at least 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):   The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet when using a step ladder to access an upper level to perform residential construction activities because they did not utilize a ladder that extended at least 3 feet above the landing surface. The employer did not provide training for each employee that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):    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 other provisions of paragraph (b) of this section used to provide an alternative fall protection measure:    Employees performing framing activities were exposed to fall hazards because none of the fall protection systems specified above were used to protect employees from falling approximately 10 feet.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards which enables each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards:    Employees residential construction activities, approximately 10 feet high, were exposed to fall hazards because the employees were not provided training which would have enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):     It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards and electrical hazards because the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not provide frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment by a competent person:    Employees performing construction activities at a residential construction site were exposed to fall hazards and electrical hazards because a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.