OSHA Inspection: EAST COAST CARPENTERS LLC

Issued

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3564.00 · 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):    Location:  310 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840    The 11 foot 10 inch second floor platform was not equipped with a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest systems to prevent employees from falling.

Issued

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Location:  310 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840  Each employee exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11 feet 10 inches above ground level was not provided with a training program to enable each employee to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize and/or eliminate such hazards.

Issued

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2850.00 · Current $1525.00 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:    Location:  310 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840    The Werner aluminum extension ladder utilized by employees to gain access to the 11 foot 10 inch high platform did not extend 3 feet above the platform.

Issued

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder  Location:  310 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840  The Werner 16 foot aluminum extension ladder used to access the 11 foot 10 inch high platform was set at a 60 degree angle to gain access to a platform.

Issued

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  Location:  310 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840    Each employee using portable extension ladders were not provided with a training program to enable each employee to recognize hazards related to portable ladders and the procedures to minimize and/or eliminate such hazards.

Issued

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  Location:  310 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840    Wood pallets and debris piled around work areas and the Werner portable ladder used to gain access to the 11 foot 10 inch high platform were not kept cleared from the work areas and the ladder.