OSHA Inspection: PAUN CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Dec 27, 2016

Abate by

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,300 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person.    (a)  A competent person was not on site to perform frequent and regular inspections of the job site to ensure that hazardous conditions were found and corrected.

Issued

Dec 27, 2016

Abate by

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,240 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:    (a)  A DeWalt angle grinder was being operated without a grinding disc guard in place, exposing employees to a struck by hazard.

Issued

Dec 27, 2016

Abate by

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,300 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    (a)  Employees were accessing the scaffold by climbing uprights and cross braces. 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:    (a)  Employees conducting masonry operations from a supported scaffold were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 16 feet.