OSHA Inspection: JFO CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $3,563

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person.    At this workplace, an employee installed building materials from a platform not designed by a qualified person and was elevated by a all terrain fork lift at a height greater than six feet.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms without being specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use.   At this workplace, an employee installed building materials from a platform elevated by an all terrain fork lift not designed by the manufacture for such use, at a height greater than six feet.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section.   At this workplace, an employee installed building materials from a platform elevated by an all terrain fork lift at the height greater than ten feet without fall protection.

Issued

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $3,563

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.    At this workplace, an employee installed roofing materials at a multi-story building under construction at the height of greater than six feet, and did not have a fall protection system in place.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 29, 2016

Abate by

Oct 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.1(a)(2): The company had more than ten (10) employees or more during the last calendar year, but did not keep OSHA injury and illness records and the establishment was not classified as a partially exempt industry under � 1904.2.   At this workplace, the employer had over ten employees during the past year and did not keep OSHA injury and illness records.