OSHA Inspection: CHRIS BRIGGS DBA CHRIS BRIGGS CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2016-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1040.00 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:      Head protective equipment was not used when workers were exposed to struck-by hazards when workers on the ground were working below unsecured tools and material on the roof trusses.

Issued

2016-04-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:      The employer did not ensure fall protection was implemented during residential construction operations when:    A:  Workers were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately eleven (11) feet off the roof eve when they were installing roofing sheeting.      B.  Workers were exposed to the hazard of falling when they were working by an unprotected wall hole on the second floor of the structure that would expose the workers to an approximate eleven (11) feet fall.

Issued

2016-04-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails do not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access:      The employer did not ensure portable ladders were constructed and placed so three (3) feet or more was extended above the upper landing.  Workers performing residential construction were exposed to falling approximately eleven (11) feet while using an extension ladder to ascend/descend from the roof to the ground.