OSHA Inspection: KEVIN RICHMILLER

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:    The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to establish criteria for protecting employees from fall from heights and struck by vehicle hazards.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    The employer did not maintain jobsite inspections that were performed by a person competent to ensure employees were not exposed to the hazard of falling and being struck by vehicles during construction operations.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:  The employer did not ensure that employees working in and around a public roadway were wearing high visibility clothing and/or vests.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:  The employer did not ensure that dismantling, moving and erecting activities were performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-25 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 was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  The employer did not ensure that employees erecting, disassembling and moving a mobile scaffold were trained in accordance with the requirements of the standard.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  The employer did not ensure that guardrails were installed on the open side of the scaffold when employees were using it as work surface.  This resulted in the employees being exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet to the ground.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(1): The mobile scaffold was not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, to prevent racking or collapse of the scaffold and secure vertical members together laterally so as to automatically square and align the vertical members.  The employer did not ensure that cross braces were installed on a mobile scaffold that employees were using as a working platform.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  The employer did not ensure that employees working on a scaffold were trained in accordance with the requirements of the standard.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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.  The employer did not ensure fall protection was implemented for employees performing construction work on a roof.  Employees were exposed to falling off the side of the building roof and awning and had fall hazards associated with an approximately twelve (12) foot fall.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:  The employer did not ensure employees were protected from falling through floor holes on an awning that was acting as a walking/working surface.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards associated with an approximately twelve (12) foot fall.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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 employer did not provide fall protection training to enable employees to recognize and control the fall hazards at their worksite while performing commercial construction.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately twelve (12) foot.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  The employer did not ensure portable ladders were constructed and placed so the top or top step would not have to be used as a step by employees using ladder to ascend and descend from a working level to a building roof.

Issued

2015-12-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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:    The employer did not train the employees to properly construct and place a ladder so employees do not have to step on top step and/or top cap.