OSHA Inspection: GUALLPA CONTRACTORS LLC

Issued

2017-03-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $406.00 · Current $406.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT 06418  Abatement documentation and certification for Citation 01, Item 001, Citation 01, Item 002, Citation 01, Item 003a, Citation 01, Item 003b, Citation 02, Item 002, Citation 02, Item 003, and Citation 02, Item 004 was not received within 10 calendar days (by March 3, 2017) following the abatement due date (February 21, 2017).

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $2000.00 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.      Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:      The employees, who were accessing the ladder jack scaffold were not provided with a safe means of access and were required to use one of the supporting ladders and out and over the scaffold plank.

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).     Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:      The aluminum ladder jack scaffold had not been kept at least three feet from the energized electrical service cable.

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.     Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:      The aluminum ladder jack scaffold had not been erected and used under the direction of a competent person.

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 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.    Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:      The employees, working on the ladder jack scafold were not adequately trained in the hazards associated with scaffolding and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize those hazards.

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11000.00 · Current $8000.00 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.    Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:      The employees, who were operating pneumatic nail guns were not required to wear eye protection.    ABATED DURING INSPECTION    Guallpa Contractors, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 998996, Citation Number 01, Item Number 01 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/28/14, with respect to a workplace located at 137 Frost Road in Waterbury, CT 06705.

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15400.00 · Current $10000.00 Reduced

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):     Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:      The employees, who were working on a residential roof with an eve to ground height of approximately 21 feet 3 inches were not protected from the hazard of falling by the use of an adequate fall protection system.

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head:    Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:    The employees, who were utilizing a personal fall arrest system on a ladder jack scaffold did not have their lifeline connected to the "D" ring in the center of their backs.      Guallpa Contractors, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1926.503(d)(17), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 964516, Citation Number 01, Item Number 01b and was affirmed as a final order on 07/22/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 3064 Old Town Road in Bridgeport, CT 06606.

Issued

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $2800.00 Reduced

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:    Location: 301 Roosevelt Drive, Derby, CT:      The employer did not provide a fall hazard training program for employees who were exposed to fall hazards while working on a residential house roof to utilize personal fall arrest systems appropriately.      Guallpa Contractors, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 908472, Citation Number 01, Item Number 02b and was affirmed as a final order on 07/09/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 913 E. Broadway, Stratford, CT 06615.