OSHA Inspection: MARCOVNN CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

May 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees exposed to possible head injury from impact, falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns were not wearing hardhats during construction operations:    (a) Construction site at 2911 and 2913 Putnam Glenn Pl., Eau Claire, WI; Hardhats were not worn by employees who were exposed to overhead hazards.

Issued

May 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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 were 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) Construction site at 2911 and 2913 Putnam Glenn Pl., Eau Claire, WI; Fall protection systems were not utilized during reroofing operations.

Issued

May 2, 2017

Abate by

Jun 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(ii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, did not limit maximum arresting force on an employee to 1800 pounds(8kn) when used with a body harness:    (a) Construction site at 2911 and 2913 Putnam Glenn Pl., Eau Claire, WI; Integral deceleration devices were bypassed on vertical life-line assemblies, which were used as part of personal fall arrest systems during roofing operations.

Issued

May 2, 2017

Abate by

Jun 21, 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) Construction site at 2911 and 2913 Putnam Glenn Pl., Eau Claire, WI; Training was not provided to inform employees of the procedures to follow for minimizing fall hazards, how to install fall protection systems, limitations of those systems, and methods to be used for rescue.

Issued

May 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  (a) Construction site at 2911 and 2913 Putnam Glenn Pl., Eau Claire, WI; The side rails of an extension ladder did not extend at least 3 feet past the roof edge (upper landing surface) and/or an additional grabrail or grasping device was not provided.