OSHA Inspection: G.M. NORTHRUP CORPORATION

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.    a.  On the site where an O'Reillys Auto Parts store was being constructed, the employer did not provide a competent person knowledgeable in the work being completed. The Superintendent did not have the training necessary to identify the hazards relating to falls, guarding and fire prevention thereby exposing employees to a fall and or caught-in hazard.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.151(c)(6): Portable fire extinguishing equipment, suitable for the fire hazard involved, shall be provided at convenient, conspicuously accessible locations in the yard area. Portable fire extinguishers, rated not less than 2A, shall be placed so that maximum travel distance to the nearest unit shall not exceed 100 feet.     a.  On the site where gasoline was used to power the Stow mortar mixer, the General Contractor did not provide a fire extinguisher in the area where the mixer was operated with combustibles in the immediate vicinity of the gasoline thereby exposing employees to a fire hazard.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.    a.  On the roof where trim and parapet wall were installed on the roof, the General Contractor did not ensure employees of Ace Builders were provided and enforced the use of a fall protection system thereby exposing the employees to a 15 foot 4 inch fall hazard.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(iii): Points of access, materials handling areas, storage areas, and hoisting areas shall be connected to the work area by an access path formed by two warning lines.    a.  On the back of the roof where employees of Ace Builders accessed the roof to install trim, the General Contractor did not ensure control lines were installed from the ladder to the actual work area to direct employees away from the edge of the roof thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer shall assure that each employee has been trained, as necessary, by a competent person qualified in the following areas:    29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(ii): The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used;    a.  On the roof where employees were installing trim over the top of the wall and parapet wall coverings on the side of the building, the employer did not provide fall protection training to instruct employees on how to determine the type of fall protection to use and the correct way to erect the system thereby exposing employees to a 15 foot 4 inch fall hazard.