OSHA Inspection: DOVER CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2016-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $816.00 Reduced

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:  a) In and around building #4-7, on or about January 21, 2016, employees who were exposed to overhead hazards were not wearing a hard hat, resulting in struck-by hazards.

Issued

2016-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $1224.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a) At building #4-7, on or about January 21, 2016, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while performing work from the 2nd level of a tubular welded frame scaffold.  This section of the scaffold was not fully planked, resulting in a 12-foot fall hazard.

Issued

2016-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a) At building 4-7,  on or about January 21, 2016, the tubular welded frame scaffolding that employees worked from was not erected by a competent person who was adequately qualified in the erection, moving, and altering of the scaffold, resulting in a 12-foot fall hazard.

Issued

2016-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) At building 4-7,  on or about January 21, 2016, an employee was working from a tubular welded frame scaffold without guardrails and no other means of fall protection, resulting in a 12-foot fall hazard.

Issued

2016-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $1020.00 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):   a) At building 4-7, on or about January 21, 2016, three employees were working from the roof installing roof decking without any means of fall protection, exposed to fall hazards of up to 18 feet.