OSHA Inspection: KOIBIL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Abate by

Jul 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    Location: entiere site  On or about: 5/18/15    a) Employees were exposed to hazards including lack of rebar protection and electrical hazards. The employees were not provided with general safety and health training.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors:    location: site wide  on or about: 5/18/15    a) Employees were using electrical equipment, including circular saws, while engaged in carpentry work. The employees were not provided with GFCI protection or an assured equipment grounding conductor program.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Abate by

Jul 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts were used to support scaffold platforms while the entire platform was not attached to the fork and the fork-lift was moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:    location: detailing building  on or about: 5/18/15    a) An employee was working from a Lull rough terrain fork lift, while engaged in carpentry work. The plywood work platform was not attached to the forks.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): Reinforcing steel. All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    location: detailing station  on or about: 5/18/15    a) Employees were working above 12 unguarded rebar.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 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:    location: detailing building  on or about: 1/18/15    a) An employee used a wooden brace to climb down from a work platform. The employee was exposed to a fall of 8 feet 10 inches.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 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 (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    location: detailing building  on or about: 5/18/15    a) Employees were gaining access to and from the roof using a ladder that did not extend above the landing surface.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Abate by

Jul 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:      location: entire site  on or about: 5/18/15    a) Employees were using portable ladders while engaged in carpentry work. The employees were not provided with ladder safety training.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,080 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.    location: detailing building  on or about: 5/18/15    a) Employees were engaged in carpentry work, 14 feet above the ground. The employees were not protected from falling to the ground below.        The Koibil Construction Corporation 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 1012116, citation number 1, item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on 1/20/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 33 Maple Ave., Greenwich, CT.

Issued

Jun 26, 2015

Abate by

Jul 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,068 Reduced

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. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    Location: entire site  On or about: 5/18/15    a) Employees, exposed to fall hazards while engaged in carpentry work, were not provided with adequate fall protection training.      The Koibil Construction Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1012116, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on 1/20/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 33 Maple Ave., Greenwich, CT.