OSHA Inspection: SPS CARPENTRY LLC

Issued

2015-09-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $780.00 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:    JOBSITE:  The employees performing framing of a residential house were exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling tools and/or material while working underneath overhead work without wearing protective hard hats.

Issued

2015-09-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $780.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    JOBSITE:  The employee operating a Makita circular saw to cut wood did not wear eye protection.

Issued

2015-09-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1840.00 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 were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    JOBSITE:  The employees performing framing of a residential house exposed to the hazard of falling between 7ft. 1 inch to 20 ft. to the ground were not protected by guardrails, fall arrest systems, or other equivalent means.

Issued

2015-09-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1300.00 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:    JOBSITE:  The employees performing framing of a residential house exposed to the hazard of falling were not provided with information and training to control or minimize such hazards.

Issued

2015-09-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  JOBSITE: The employees using a stairway to gain access to perform framing of a residential house were not provided with training to minimize hazards related to stairways and ladders.

Issued

2015-09-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1300.00 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 stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:    JOBSITE: The stairway having seven steps was not equipped with a stair rail along each unprotected side.

Issued

2015-09-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  JOBSITE:  The plug of a red flexible cord used to power a Makita circular saw was missing a grounding pin.