OSHA Inspection: E&D GENERAL CONTRACTOR LLC

Issued

2017-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $2716.00

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) Exterior of Building - Front: Employee was exposed to head injury while lifting material for other employees above him on the scaffold platform without the use of protective helmet, on or about 3/13/17.

Issued

2017-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.   a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front: Employees without proper means of fall protection, engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold platform, were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet, on or about 3/13/17.

Issued

2017-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.  Distance shall be at least 3 feet when voltage is less than 300V.   a) Exterior of Building - Front Scaffold: Employees were exposed to a electric shock hazards while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was approximately 12" from a 240V service line, on or about 3/13/17.

Issued

2017-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front: Employees were exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that did not have a proper means of access, on or about 3/13/17.

Issued

2017-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Exterior of Building - Front Scaffold: Employees were exposed to a fall hazards of approximately  12 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not resting on base plates or other adequate firm foundation, on or about 3/13/17.

Issued

2017-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

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 was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:  a) Exterior of Building - Roof Front: Employee without any means of fall protection, engaged in masonry activities from roof surface, was exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 15 feet, on or about 3/13/17.