OSHA Inspection: STEEN CONSTRUCTION OF OSSEO INC.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs, which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The employer did not have a program in place to conduct safety inspections at the jobsite.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The employer did not have a program in place to train the employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe working conditions.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The employer did not provide fall protection training to employees that were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2897.00 · Current $1883.00 Reduced

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) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; An employee was working below work activities and was not protected from overhead hazards.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(a)(4): Defective firefighting equipment was not immediately replaced:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The fire extinguisher in the Cat lift was not inspected, did not have a charge and was not removed from service and replaced.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2354.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(h)(1): Each circular crosscut table saw was not guarded by a hood, which completely enclosed that portion of the saw blade above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The table saws being used to crosscut wood at the jobsite did not have hood guards.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(i)(1): Each circular hand-fed ripsaw was not guarded by a hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut:  a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The table saws being used to rip wood at the jobsite did not have hood guards.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4346.00 · Current $2825.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In energized installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The energized outlets and switches throughout the construction project did not have cover plates.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2354.00 Reduced

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) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The employees, in the basket that was attached to the Cat rough terrain forklift, were not protected from falls while being raised and lowered to the area where work was taking place.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3296.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface shall be protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes (including skylights) by covers:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The heating and air conditioning system vent holes that were approximately 4 inches by 12 inches, were not covered to prevent tripping or stepping into the holes.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 was 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) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI, decks; Employees constructed and worked from unguarded decks without adequate fall protection.   (b) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI, octagon room; Employees performing construction work were not adequately protected from falling between floor joists in that plywood did not cover all of the exposed areas.  (c) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI, octagon room; Employees performing construction work were not protected from falling through wall openings where windows would later be installed.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The stairways in the residential construction project were not equipped with at least one handrail and a complete stair rail system.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(12): Unprotected sides and edges of stairway landings were not provided with guardrail systems that meet the criteria contained in Subpart M of 29 CFR 1926:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; The stairway landings in the main residential construction project did not have guardrail systems in place.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $406.00 · Current $264.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment was free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; Damaged electrical extension cords were in use at the construction site.

Issued

2017-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $406.00 · Current $264.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I): Protection was not provided to avoid damage to flexible cords and cables used for temporary wiring, which passed through doorways or other pinch points:    a) 4443 Talmadge Road in Eau Claire, WI; Extension cords were not protected from damage as two extension cords in the basement area had the door closed over the top of them; and on the main level of the project, an extension cord ran through a window opening and the window was pushed down onto the cord.