OSHA Inspection: GCI CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

May 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,563 · Current $2,738 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. Buildings 12, 14, and 15, employees were exposed to a 9 foot fall hazard, in that, access from the ground to the second floor was through an open-sided breezeway landing, on or about 03/08/2017.   b. Buildings 12, 14, and 15, employees were exposed to an 18 foot fall hazard, in that, balconies on the second and third floors in all three buildings were open sided, on or about 03/08/2017.   c. Buildings 12, 14 and 15, employees were exposed to a 9 foot fall hazard, in that, access from the second floor to the third floor was through floor holes which did not have railings installed, on or about 03/08/2017.  d. Buildings 12, 14, and 15, employees were exposed to an 18 foot fall hazard, in that, windows on the second and third floors in all three buildings were not provided with a railing system as required, on or about 03/08/2017.

Issued

May 18, 2017

Abate by

May 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,260 · Current $1,956 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(13): When guardrail systems were used around holes which were used as access (such as ladderways), they were not provided with a gate, or were not so offset that a person could not walk directly into the hole:   a. Buildings 9, 10, 11 and 13, employees were exposed to a 9 foot fall hazard, in that, access from the second floor to the third floor was through floor holes which did not have a gate or railings installed in such a manner as to offset the fall into the floor hole, on or about 03/08/2017.