OSHA Inspection: VALOR COMMUNITIES, LLC

Issued

Jun 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,535 Reduced

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) On or about 4/11/2017 - at 5376 Cedar Creek Way, Lot #14, Bessemer, AL, employees were not protected from falling about 11.9 and 14.9 feet when installing trusses and working at the leading edge.  The employer did not demonstrate that is it infeasible and/or creates a greater hazard to use a fall protection system and did not develop and implement a satisfactory fall protection plan under 1926.502(k) in that the site specific plan did not address the installation of trusses and/or prove that use of fall protection or an alternate work method was infeasible and/or created a greater hazard.

Issued

Jun 22, 2017

Abate by

Jul 5, 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) On or about 4/11/2017 - at 5376 Cedar Creek Way, Lot #14, Bessemer, AL, the employer did not train each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and how to minimize these hazards when working at heights up to approximately 14 feet above the ground.