OSHA Inspection: JANBAR, INC.

Issued

2017-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $2750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification.     Location:  a) Cellar level of the building:      Employee used alligator clips to connect a junction box to a panel to energize other electrical equipment. The alligator clip was used in a manner which it is not prescribed. Employee was exposed to fire hazard

Issued

2017-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6236.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means.      Location:   a) Cellar level of the building:      Employee worked on a panel box with exposed live parts, and was not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and ground the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means.

Issued

2017-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8730.00 · Current $5000.00 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.       Location:   a) Exterior supported scaffold on the Southwest side of the building:      On or about 12/05/16, employees were working on a 4th tier platform of a 5-tier-high supported scaffold. Access to the scaffold platform was not provided. Employees were exposed to falling approximately 24 feet to lower level.

Issued

2017-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8730.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.      Location:  a) Exterior supported scaffold on the Southwest side of the building:  b) Exterior supported scaffold on the Northwest side of the building:      On or about 12/05/16, employees were working on a 4th tier platform of a 5-tier-high supported scaffold. On the working platform, guardrail systems were not installed along ends of platforms to protect employees from falling to lower level. Employees were exposed to falling approximately 24 feet to lower level.

Issued

2017-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iv): Midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface.    a) Location: Exterior supported scaffold on the Southwest side of the building:    On or about 12/05/16, employees were working on a 4th tier platform of a 5-tier-high supported scaffold. On the working platform, midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface to protect employees from falling to lower level. Employees were exposed to falling approximately 24 feet to lower level.