OSHA Inspection: TUC CONTRACTORS, 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 3 issued 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. At 1379 Kiawah St and 1544 Resolute St, Celebration Florida, employees were exposed to a 30 feet fall hazard during framing operations of two single family homes, three stories high, in that, training and education on fall protection was not provided, on or about 02/08/2016.  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 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:   a. Under the balcony between the two houses, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard, in that, a 460 JLG aerial lift as used without any type of fall protection, on or about 02/08/2016.   Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 the site, 1379 Kiawah St and 1544 Resolute St, Celebration Florida, employees were exposed to a 30 feet fall hazard during framing operations at two single family homes, three stories high, in that, no fall protection was used during roof sheathing at an 8 to 12 pitch roof and while handling sheets of plywood through the trusses in support of sheathing work, on or about 02/08/2016.  b. At the site, 1379 Kiawah St and 1544 Resolute St, Celebration Florida, employees were exposed to a 12 feet fall hazard during framing of the balcony that joins the two homes, in that, no fall protection was used and no guardrails were installed, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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, 1379 Kiawah St and 1544 Resolute St, Celebration Florida, employees were exposed to a 30 feet fall hazard during framing operations of two single family homes, three stories high, in that, training and education on fall protection was not provided, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:  a. At the site, 1379 Kiawah St, Celebration Florida, employees were exposed to a fall hazard, in that, a stairway leading from the ground floor to the second floor was not provided with a handrail system, on or about 02/08/2016.  b. At the site, 1544 Resolute St, Celebration Florida, employees were exposed to a fall hazard, in that, a stairway leading from the ground floor to the second floor was not provided with a handrail system, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 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 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  a. Ground floor, at the east side of 1544 Resolute St, Celebration Florida, employees were exposed to an electrical hazard, in that, a red extension cord providing power to a saw was used with the outer sheath of the insulation pulled from the plug, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  a. Under the balcony between the two houses, an employee was exposed to a 6 feet fall hazard, in that, a platform 12 inches wide was used to reach at the working elevation on the side of the balcony during framing work, on or about 02/08/2016.