OSHA Inspection: GTO CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2017-10-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1956.00 · Current $1956.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(c)(1): When employees were exposed to falling objects, the employer did not have each employee wear a hard hat and did not erect toeboards, screens, canopy structures or barricades to prevent objects from falling from higher levels:       a.  On or about April 24, 2017, at the south stair landing between the 2nd and 3rd floors, a toeboard was not present at a wall opening that was above an exit door which exposes employees to struck-by hazards from objects falling through the unprotected floor edge.            b.  On or about April 24, 2017, at the south stair landing between the 3rd and 4th floors, a toeboard was not present at a wall opening that was above an exit door which exposes employees to struck-by hazards from objects falling through the unprotected floor edge.            c.  On or about April 24, 2017, at the 4th floor, a toeboard was not present at a wall that was open to the stairs and which exposes employees to struck-by hazards from objects falling through the unprotected floor edge.

Issued

2017-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3259.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(c)(3): The employer did not barricade the area to which objects could fall, did not prohibit employees from entering the barricaded area, and did not keep objects that could fall far enough away from the edge of a higher level so that those objects would not go over the edge if they were accidentally displaced:       a.  On or about April 19, 2017, at the front side of the building, a barricade was not erected at ground level where overhead metal framing parts exposed employees to struck-by hazards.  Metal framing parts were thrown from the 4th floor of the building to the ground.

Issued

2017-10-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1956.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(2): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structure members were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the walking/working surface when there was no wall or parapet wall at least 21 inches (53 cm) high.       a.  On or about April 24, 2017, at the 4th floor, midrails were not installed at east and west wall openings for the south stairs which exposes employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-10-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3259.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.       a.  On or about April 24, 2017, at 5th floor of the building, employees did not wear fall protection when working at the edge of the building to install metal posts for guardrails and were exposed to falls greater than 30 feet to lower level.

Issued

2017-10-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1956.00 · Current $1544.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(b)(1): Where the treads and/or landings of pan stairs were to be filled in with concrete or other material at a later date, foot traffic was not prohibited on the stairway:       a.  On or about April 24, 2017, at the south stairs between the 4th and 5th floors, foot traffic was not prohibited where the stair landing was not filled with concrete or other solid material to the top edge of the pan.  Employees were exposed to tripping hazards when using the stairs.

Issued

2017-10-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): 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:    a.  On or about April 24, 2017, at the south stairs between the 4th and 5th floors, a handrail was not present at a flight of stairs.   Employees were exposed to tripping hazards when using the stairs.

Issued

2017-10-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    a.  On or about April 24, 2017, at the south stairs between the 4th and 5th floors, a stair rail was not present throughout the length of a flight of open sided stairs.   Employees were exposed to tripping hazards when using the stairs.