OSHA Inspection: GREAT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION, INC.,

Issued

Apr 17, 2017

Abate by

May 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):  The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:       Great House Construction, Inc., failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:       Citation Number                       Item Number                            Abatement Date   01                                            01                                            03/14/2017   01                                            02                                            03/14/2017   01                                            03                                            03/14/2017   01                                            04                                            03/14/2017  01                                            05                                            03/14/2017       In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Mar 8, 2017

Abate by

Mar 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $2,988

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:  a) On January 20, 2017, employees were using pneumatic nail guns without protective eye equipment while performing siding work.

Issued

Mar 8, 2017

Abate by

Mar 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $2,988

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Safe access was not provided to scaffold platforms when the platforms were more than 2 feet above or below the point of access:  a) On January 20, 2017, employees accessed horse scaffold platforms up to approximately 29 feet above the ground by climbing the ends of the scaffold frames and the cross bracing.

Issued

Mar 8, 2017

Abate by

Mar 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:  a) On January 20, 2017, employees were exposed to fall hazards up to approximately 29 feet while performing siding work from a horse scaffold platform without fall protection.

Issued

Mar 8, 2017

Abate by

Mar 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

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) On January 20, 2017, employees performing siding installation from the third floor balconies of a building under construction were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet.

Issued

Mar 8, 2017

Abate by

Mar 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $2,988

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) On January 20, 2017, an employee performing siding installation used an A-frame ladder as a lean-to ladder, exposing the employee to fall hazards.