OSHA Inspection: SPECIALTY CONCRETE COATING OF TEXAS

Issued

Mar 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,662 · Current $997 Reduced

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.    On the West side of the construction site, employees who worked without fall protection were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 9 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,247 · Current $748 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c): When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section, the employer is to retrain each such employee such as inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding of skill.   On the west side of the construction site, employees worked over 6  feet on the balconies without fall protection.  The employees are to be retrained on fall protection by the employer.