OSHA Inspection: JOS? LORENS

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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.  Employees, without hard hats, engaged in framing activities on the ground were exposed to struck-by hazards while other employees work above.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 agents:  Employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to struck-by hazards while operating pneumatic nails guns without eye protection.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)  Employees performing framing activities from the second tier of a scaffold structure that was not fully planked were exposed to a fall of over 10 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Employees performing framing activities from a welded frame scaffold structure that did not have base plates in several locations and exposed to fall hazards of over 10 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Employees working from a scaffold structure that had not been erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection were exposed to a fall of over 10 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  Employees performing framing activities from the upper levels of a welded frame scaffold structure that did not have guardrails were exposed to a fall of over 10 ft. to the concrete below.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members are used, they were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.  Employees working from a welded frame scaffold structure platform that did not have midrails installed were exposed to fall hazards of over 10 ft. to concrete below.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Employees performing framing activities from a welded frame scaffold structure on top of the roof and were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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).  Employees engaged in framing operations were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 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:  Employees had not been trained to recognize hazards related to falls and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards while performing framing activities, at a height of over 6 feet, without fall protection.

Issued

2016-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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:  Employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to fall hazards while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the roof's landing.