OSHA Inspection: SPEARWELL DESIGN, LLC

Issued

2016-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    On or about March 16, 2016, the employer did not ensure employees, performing framing work activities from a job made scaffold, were walking/working from platforms that were at least 18 inches wide.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falls.

Issued

2016-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    On or about March 16, 2016, the employer did not ensure each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained to recognize the hazards associated with the scaffold.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falls.

Issued

2016-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 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):       On or about March 16, 2016, the employer did not ensure each employee, engaged in residential construction activities greater than 6 feet above lower level, were protected from a fall by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falls.

Issued

2016-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $0.00 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:    On or about March 16, 2016, the employer did not provide fall protection training to each employee who may be exposed to a fall hazard, exposing each of those employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed):    On or about March 16, 2016, the employer did not ensure the extension ladder side rails extended at least three feet above the upper landing, exposing employees to the hazard of falls.