OSHA Inspection: LC CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Apr 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $1,955 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a) On or about 1/12/2017 - at 2221 Sterlingwood Dr., Birmingham, AL - eye protection was not used when an employees was operating a Hitachi NV 65AH 2 1/2" Nail Coiler and a Rolair System Air Compressor to nail cornice exposing employees to flying particles.

Issued

Apr 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    a) On or about 1/12/2017 - at 2221 Sterlingwood Dr., Birmingham, AL - an employee performing framing was working from a makeshift scaffold platform that was approximately 10 inches wide.

Issued

Apr 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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) On or about 1/12/2017 - at 2221 Sterlingwood Dr., Birmingham, AL - an employee was not protected from falling approximately 14 feet while performing framing operations from a makeshift scaffold.

Issued

Apr 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.    a) On or about 1/12/2017 - at 2221 Sterlingwood Dr., Birmingham, AL  35243, the employer did not train each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and how to minimize these hazards when working at heights on a scaffold at approximately 14 feet above the ground.

Issued

Apr 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,282 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) On or about 1/12/2017 - at 2221 Sterlingwood Dr., Birmingham, AL  35243, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 17.7 feet above ground level while installing cornice.

Issued

Apr 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    a) On or about 1/12/2017 - at 2221 Sterlingwood Dr., Birmingham, AL - a 20 foot aluminum ladder used to access the roof was not extended at least 3-feet above the upper landing surface, was not secured to a rigid support, and/or a grasping device was not provided.