OSHA Inspection: NILS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jul 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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):  a. Building 8400, units 43 through 49, employees were exposed to a 22 foot fall hazard during roof sheathing work, in that, no fall protection was used on the two story 5 to 12 pitch roof, on or about 06/30/2016.

Issued

Jul 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a. Building 8400, employees were exposed to a 12 foot fall hazard, in that, an 8 foot step ladder was used as a non-self-supported ladder by standing it on the pitched roof of the first floor and leaning it on the second floor rooftop, on or about 06/20/2016.

Issued

Jul 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6): Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:   a. Building 8400, employees were exposed to a 12 foot fall hazard, in that, an 8 foot step ladder was used as a non-self-supported ladder by standing it on the pitched roof of the first floor and leaning it on the second floor rooftop, on or about 06/20/2016.

Issued

Jul 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:  a. At the site, units 43 through 49 had a stairway leading for the ground floor to the second floor without a stairrail system to protect employees from falling through the vertical studs, on or about 06/30/2016.