OSHA Inspection: GULF BAY HOMES CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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. On or about March 30, 2016, while building a new commercial construction gazebo, three employees working beneath employees installing sheets of wood sheathing to the roof area did not have protective helmets, exposing the employees to the hazard of being struck by falling objects and construction debris.

Issued

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a. On or about March 30, 2016, while building a new commercial construction gazebo, employees installing wooden roof sheathing panels and framing materials were using pneumatic nail guns and were not wearing any form of eye protection, exposing the employees to the hazard of being struck in the eye or face by flying debris.

Issued

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  a. On or about March 30, 2016, while building a new commercial construction gazebo, an employee installing wood framing materials with a pneumatic nail gun was using a scaffold platform that was not at least 18 inches wide, exposing employee to a 5 foot, 9 inch fall hazard.

Issued

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:  a.  On or about March 30, 2016, while building a new commercial construction gazebo, three employees did not use a ladder to access or exit the top platform of a double wood pole scaffold, exposing the employees to fall hazards as high as 12 foot.

Issued

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:  a. On or about March 30, 2016, while building a new commercial construction gazebo, an employee climbed a portable, A-frame type step ladder, while the ladder was in the closed and folded position exposing the employee to slip and fall hazards to the concrete surface below.

Issued

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14000.00 · Current $14000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  a. On or about March 30, 2016, while building a new commercial construction gazebo, three employees worked from a 6:12 pitched roof top of the gazebo, while exposed to fall hazards ranging from 12 to 18 feet and were not protected by any form of fall protection systems.  The employer fails to assure effective employee fall protection as required by the standard, as demonstrated on January 22, 2016 and March 30, 2016, when employees working from residential roofs with a height greater than 6-foot at a workplaces located at 209 Blue Sage Road, Lot 96, Panama City Beach, Florida 32413 and Grace Point Way, Lot 36, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459.