OSHA Inspection: SPOTTS BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

Feb 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,472 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    a)  Best Western Plus jobsite, on or about 1/27/17:  Employee engaged in framing activities approximately 20 feet above the ground level was not protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system or personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Feb 8, 2017

Abate by

Feb 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  Jobsite, 2671 Corning Road, Horseheads, on or about 4/28/16:  Employees were not provided with training that enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures required to prevent them from falling.  An employee was exposed to an approximate 20 foot fall hazard while performing framing activities on the second story.