OSHA Inspection: BDJ BUILDING SERVICES

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards:    a) BDJ Building Services on or about June 30, 2016, at the address of 2507 Township Rd. 55 Bellefontaine, OH: The employer did not ensure sufficient and correctly installed temporary bracing was applied to the 74 ft. wood trusses erected onsite, exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.     One feasible means of abatement to is to install temporary bracing as outlined in the 2013 Building Component Safety Information (BCSI): Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining & Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses produced jointly by the Wood Truss Council and the Truss Plate Institute, Section B1 and B2-Truss Installation and Temporary Restraint/Bracing.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a)  BDJ Building Services on or about June 30, 2016, at the address of 2507 Township Rd. 55 Bellefontaine, OH: The employer did not ensure employees were protected from falls while performing wood framing activities atop an agricultural type structure.  During this activity, employees were exposed to falls up to 14 ft. to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a)  BDJ Building Services on or about June 30, 2016, at the address of 2507 Township Rd. 55 Bellefontaine, OH: The employer did not ensure that employees had been trained in the appropriate use of fall protection such as but not limited to the use of personal fall arrest systems or alternative measures while performing wood framing operations.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours.     1904.39 (a)(2): BDJ Building Services on or about June 30, 2016, at the address of 2507 Township Rd. 55 Bellefontaine, OH: The employer did not report, within 24 hours of admittance, the hospitalization of two employees as a result of a workplace injury/incident.