OSHA Inspection: TMS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  Jobsite:  Employees working in the attic and on the second floor did not wear hard hats to protect themselves against falling object or impact injuries.

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

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.  Jobsite:  The company President was not using safety glasses while operating a nail gun.

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:  Jobsite:  Northwest, southwest and west sides of the building.  Employees were unprotected against falls of approximately 15 feet 8 inches from carpenter bracket scaffolding.

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Jobsite:  Employees had not received adequate scaffold safety training.

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   Jobsite:  Employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing residential construction activities:  Instance A:  while working on the roof  Instance B:  while working in a less-than-fully decked attic  Instance C:  from second floor window openings.

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  Jobsite:  Employees have not received adequate fall protection training.