OSHA Inspection: D.V.D. CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jul 21, 2016

Abate by

Jul 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

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:   a. A certification of abatement was not provided for:   Citation 1 item 2 under 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) where 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. Employees were exposed to a 30 feet fall hazard, during drywall installation work, in that, training and education on fall protection was not provided. An employee was working on the fourth floor balcony which was open sided, using stilts and had a retractable device attached on the valve for the fire suppression system, also an employee was standing on a single horse scaffold, used without a platform, placed right at the edge of the open sided balcony, on or about 02/04/2016.    b. A certification of abatement was not provided for:   Citation 2 item 1 issued under 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1) where a safety and health program was not initiated and/or maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard. The employer did not develop and implement a safety and health program to address the company policy on safety as well as the employer/employee responsibilities, on or about 02/04/2016.

Issued

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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. Building 1, at the balconies, employees were exposed to a fall hazard, in that, during progress of work railings were removed and not replaced, on or about 02/04/2016.

Issued

Feb 19, 2016

Abate by

Apr 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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:   a. At the site, employees were exposed to a 30 feet fall hazard, during drywall installation work, in that, training and education on fall protection was not provided. An employee was working on the fourth floor balcony which was open sided, using stilts and had a retractable device attached on the valve for the fire suppression system, also an employee was standing on a single horse scaffold, used without a platform, placed right at the edge of the open sided balcony, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 19, 2016

Abate by

Apr 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and/or maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard:  a. The employer did not develop and implement a safety and health program to address the company policy on safety as well as the employer/employee responsibilities, on or about 02/04/2016.

Issued

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  a. Building 1 fourth floor, employees were exposed to an electrical hazard, in that, a two prong receptacle attachment was used on a light bulb socket which was on a non-grounded circuit, to provide power to a three wire drill, on or about 02/04/2016.  b. Building 1 fourth floor, employees were exposed to an electrical hazard, in that, a red and a yellow extension cords, which had the ground prongs removed, were used to provide power to three wire tools such as hand held drills, on or about 02/04/2016.