OSHA Inspection: JEFF JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:      Employees were exposed to fall hazards and eye injuries while performing construction work and the employer did not maintain an accident prevention program.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 were exposed to fall hazards and eye injuries while performing construction work and the employer did not ensure a competent person provided an inspection of the jobsite for hazards and take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(2): Eye and face protective equipment being worn by the employees did not meet the requirements specified in American National Standards Institute, Z 87.1-2003, Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection:    An employee was using a circular saw to cut fascia board and the employee wore prescription glasses which did not meet the requirements of Z 87.1-2003, and did not have side shields to protect the eyes from side exposure to flying debris.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:      An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of 6 feet when while cutting fascia board and the employee was standing on the top step of the stepladder.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling of all ladders:    An employee was exposed to a fall hazard because the top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step and the employer had not ensured that each employee had been trained by a competent person.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet while working from the scaffold platform to remove siding material and make cuts to fascia board and the working level was not fully decked.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:      Employees working from a scaffold platform removing siding material and making cuts to fascia board were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet and the employees were not protected from falling because the scaffold platform was not at least eighteen inches wide.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 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 pre-fabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the frame scaffold to remove siding material and make cuts to fascia board and acceptable means of access on and off the scaffold was not provided for the employees.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from the scaffold platform to remove siding material and make cuts to fascia board were exposed to a fall hazard and the scaffold did not contain a top rail or mid-rail and was not fully decked. The employer had not provided training to the employees on the hazards associated with working off of the scaffolding and procedures to minimize those hazards. 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling:      Employees working from a scaffold platform removing siding material and making cuts to fascia board were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet and the employees were not protected from falling.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operation, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from the scaffold platform to remove siding material and make cuts to fascia board were exposed to a fall hazard and the employer had not provided training to the employee on the nature of the scaffold hazards and the design criteria and the intended use of the scaffold.