OSHA Inspection: EASTON CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2015-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $800.00 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.  a- Building Exterior: An employee engaged in carpentry using a powder actuated tool was exposed to eye injury as eye protection was not utilized. Condition noted or about 07/20/2015

Issued

2015-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights:  a- Building Exterior: Employees engaged in carpentry work from the second scaffold section were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12ft as the scaffold platform was not fully planked. Condition noted or about 07/20/2015.

Issued

2015-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 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 prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  a-Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of 12ft as a means of scaffold access/egress was not utilized. Condition noted on or about 07/20/2015.

Issued

2015-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a-Building Exterior: Employees engaged in carpentry work from the second scaffold section were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12ft as a means of fall protection was not utilized. Condition noted on or about 07/20/2015.