OSHA Inspection: AARON BROWN

Issued

May 2, 2017

Abate by

May 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

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:  (a) Establishment:  As of May 1, 2017, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for the violations from Inspection #1205555, issued on 02/07/2017, with a final order date of 03/22/2017.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, employees were not protected from overhead hazards while working belowsiding activities.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, eye and face protective equipment was not used when an employee was using a pneumatic nail gun.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(h)(1): Each circular crosscut table saw was not guarded by a hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw blade above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, employees were not protected from injuries when working with a table saw that had the guard removed while cutting wood.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, an electrical power strip for indoor use only was not used in accordance with its listing or labeling.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, employees were not protected from electrical shock and burns while using electric equipment that was not GFCI protected.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:   (a) Worksite - Ladder-Jack Scaffold:  On or about 1/26/2017, the employer did not ensure that the erected Ladder-Jack scaffold plank was capable of supporting the intended load.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(i): Each ladder jack scaffold, top plate bracket scaffold, roof bracket scaffold, and pump jack scaffold was not at least 12 inches (30 cm) wide:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017 an employee was working from a Ladder-Jack scaffold platform that was not a minimum of 12 inches wide.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was bearing on base plates and mud sills or other adequate foundations.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, proper access to the Pump-Jack or Ladder-Jack scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Mar 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, a Pump-Jack and Ladder-Jack scaffold system was not erected under the direction of a competent person.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, pump jack scaffold poles were not secured at the bottom.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Feb 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, an employee was exposed to fall hazards while working from a Ladder-jack scaffold platform that was bridged onto another platform.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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 were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):   (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, an employee was not protected from falling while performing siding work from a roof approximately twenty feet above the lower level.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Mar 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after an occurrence that could affect their safe use:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, employees were exposed to fall hazards from an extension ladder which had not been inspected for visible defects.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  (a) Worksite - Ladder-Jack supporting extension ladder:  On or about 1/26/2017, a portable extension ladder that was missing its footpads was not withdrawn from service.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Mar 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, the employer did not provide adequate training for the employees who might be exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Feb 7, 2017

Abate by

Mar 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 1/26/2017, the employer did not provide adequate training to employees who use ladders.