OSHA Inspection: SCHLIPMAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:      a.Employees were exposed to a fall hazard approximately 12 feet while standing on a steel beam to install trusses and suitable fall protection was not being used.       b.Employees were exposed to a fall hazard approximately 12 feet while standing on the top plate and inside the truss web to install trusses and suitable fall protection was not being used.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes more than 6 feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around each hole:      Employees were exposed to fall hazard of approximately 11 feet when working near a floor hole on the second floor and employees were not protected from falling to lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or a guardrail system.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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, eye and head injuries while performing construction work and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment was not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                      An employee was operating a nail gun installing trusses and the employer did not ensure the employee wore safety glasses while operating the nail gun.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects:      Employees were exposed to being struck in the head by trusses being installed and the employees were not required to wear a hard hat.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,500 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 and the working level was not fully decked.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:       Employees walking on scaffolding plank 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

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet and the employees were not protected from falling.

Issued

Sep 17, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 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.