OSHA Inspection: MID STATE CONSTRUCTION CORP.

Issued

Dec 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,939 · Current $2,204 Reduced

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:     a) Interior of Building - Basement: Employee without any head protection was engaged in demolition work and exposed to a head injury as he worked below lifting operation of 5 gal buckets filled of debris, on or about 10/26/16

Issued

Dec 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,765 · Current $1,324 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.251(b)(3): Job or shop hooks and links, or makeshift fasteners, formed from bolts, rods, etc. or other such attachments were used:    a) Interior of Building : Employees engaged in demolition work were hoisting 5Gl buckets filed with pieces of concrete with a hook made of bended reinforcement rebar, on or about 10/26/16

Issued

Dec 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,940 · Current $2,205 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures:    a) Interior of Building - Frist Floor - Main Hallway: Employees were exposed to electric shock as the energized temporary  light fixture  did not have a bulb and was open, on or about 10/26/16   b) Interior of Building - Basement: Employees were exposed to electric shock as the energized main panel had no cover, on or about 10/26/16

Issued

Dec 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In energized installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    a) Interior Main Entrance - First Floor: Employees were exposed to electric shock while working in the vicinity of energized electric boxes that did not have faceplates, on or about 10/26/2016.

Issued

Dec 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,939 · Current $2,204 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    a) Interior of Building - First Floor: Employees engaged in demolition work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet, on or about 10/26/16

Issued

Dec 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,939 · Current $2,204 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:   a) Interior of Building - Basement: Employees engaged in demolition work were exposed to impalement hazards as they worked over uncapped reinforcement rebar, on or about 10/26/16