OSHA Inspection: COMMERCIAL BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v):  A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    (a) Buckhannon:  Employees were using a Genie S-45 aerial lift to gain access to a roof and were not wearing a personal fall arrest system/safety harness, as observed on or about October 13, 2015, and times prior.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):  Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems:    (a) Buckhannon:  Employees were setting trusses and preparing to install a knee wall on a flat roof that measured approximately 14.5 feet from the edge to ground without the use of a fall protection system, as observed on October 13, 2015, and times prior.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Mar 4, 2016

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:  (a) Buckhannon: Employees were performing roofing activities on a flat roof that measured approximately 14.5 feet from the edge to the ground and were not trained on the hazards of working from heights and the procedures to be followed, as determined on or about October 13, 2015, and times prior.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1):  Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system:    (a) Buckhannon:  Employees were working in an approximately 60 foot long trench with a maximum depth of approximately 6 feet to install pipe without the use of an adequate cave-in protection system, as determined on or about October 13, 2015, and times prior.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems:  (a) Buckhannon:  A competent person that was knowledgeable in excavation was not conducting inspections to identify hazards, such as, but not limited to employees working in a 6ft. trench without the use of adequate cave-in protection, as determined on or about October 13, 2015, and times prior.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2):  A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    (a) Buckhannon:  Employees used one ladder placed at the far side of a trench closest to the building as the only means of entry/exit while installing piping in a trench measuring 60ft. in length by 5ft. in width with a depth of 3ft. up to 6ft., as determined on or about October 13, 2015, and times prior.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  (a) Buckhannon:  Employees were not provided instruction or training on unsafe conditions on the worksite, as evident by the hazards observed onsite, including, but not limited to, employees working in an excavation up to 6ft. in depth without proper cave-in protection and without proper means of egress in and out of the trench, as determined on or about October 13, 2015, and times prior.

Issued

Feb 8, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(2):  Ladder rungs, cleats, and/or steps were not parallel, level, and uniformly spaced when the ladder was in position for use:    (a) Buckhannon:  Employees were accessing a trench via a job-made ladder that did not have rungs that were parallel and evenly spaced, as determined on or about October 13, 2015, and times prior.