OSHA Inspection: SILVA FRAMING LLC

Issued

Mar 31, 2017

Abate by

Apr 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,304 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    (a) Greystone Housing Development, Lot #20, on or about and at times preceding to February 10, 2017, employees conducting residential wood framing activities were not utilizing head protection.

Issued

Mar 31, 2017

Abate by

Apr 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 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 presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    (a)  Greystone Housing Development, Lot #20, on or about and at times preceding to February 10, 2017, employees operating nail guns were not utilizing eye protection.

Issued

Mar 31, 2017

Abate by

Apr 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,282 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) In Greystone housing development, on or about and at times preceding to February 10, 2017, employees were exposed up to an 18-foot fall hazard during framing activities on the 2nd level of a residential home.

Issued

Mar 31, 2017

Abate by

Apr 26, 2017

Penalty

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

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) In Greystone housing development, on or about and at times preceding to February 10, 2017, for employees conducting wood framing activities of residential homes were not trained in fall prevention procedures.