OSHA Inspection: DON BOSCO LLC

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    On or about June 2, 2015 at the above addressed jobsite, an employee working below residential carpentry operations was not wearing a hard hat to protect against falling materials and debris.      Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    On or about June 2, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was constructing the ridge and rafters of a residential property from a scaffold platform that was ten (10) inches wide, exposing the employee to a fall of approximately seventeen (17) feet.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    On or about June 2, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was constructing the ridge and rafters of a residential property from a scaffold and was not provided with a safe means of access to a job-made scaffold, exposing the employee to falls of approximately seventeen (17) feet.       Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    On or about June 2, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing residential carpentry operations from a job-made scaffold, approximately seventeen (17) feet above the second floor, was exposed to injuries from falls.      Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    An employee was exposed to fall hazards while working from job-made scaffolds and was not provided with training to recognize and minimize those hazards.       Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,000 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:    Employees were exposed to falls while working on a residential property and were not provided with training to recognize and minimize fall hazards.       Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    On or about June 2, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were using a stairway not equipped with a stairrail system to access the second floor working area, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately ten (10) feet.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $20,000 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 are not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor are employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     The employer does not protect each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels.     This most recently occurred on June 2, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite. Employees are exposed to fall hazards of approximately nineteen (19) feet while constructing the ridge and rafters on a residential property.      Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).