OSHA Inspection: DARLING HOMES OF TEXAS, LLC

Issued

2016-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.51(h): Vermin control. Every enclosed workplace shall be so constructed, equipped, and maintained, so far as reasonably practicable, as to prevent the entrance or harborage of rodents, insects, and other vermin. A continuing and effective extermination program shall be instituted where their presence is detected:    Throughout the interior residential home, the employer did not prevent vermin from coming inside and laying feces, exposing employees to sanitary hazards.

Issued

2016-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5400.00 · Current $5400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(d): Switchboards and panelboards. Switchboards that have any exposed live parts shall be located in permanently dry locations and accessible only to qualified persons. Panelboards shall be mounted in cabinets, cutout boxes, or enclosures designed for the purpose and shall be dead front. However, panelboards other than the dead front externally-operable type are permitted where accessible only to qualified persons. Exposed blades of knife switches shall be dead when open.    At the north side of a residential home, the employer did not ensure a panelboard on an electric T pole had a dead front, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2016-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $2700.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:    At the north and south side of the residential home; protruding nails on boards, debris and trash were not cleared, exposing employees to impalement, trip, and fall hazards.