OSHA Inspection: HORWEDEL MAZZOCCONE LLC

Issued

2018-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $311.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:      a) On or about September 8, 2017,  the employer did not provide abatement certification for Citation 01, Items 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006a, 006b that were issued on August 22, 2017.  An abatement demand letter was sent to the employer by email and mail on January 24, 2018.

Issued

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $1844.00

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) Worksite - On or about May 3, 2017, an employee was exposed to struck-by hazards due to not wearing a hard hat to protect him from wood, debris, tools, nails, and equipment from potentially falling or striking the employee in the head from the overhang section of roofing above the doorway to the house.

Issued

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1844.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a) Worksite - On or about May 3, 2017, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards to the eyes due to the employees using and working around a nail gun while working on the overhang section of roofing above the doorway to the house without wearing safety glasses.

Issued

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1844.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(4): Forklifts, trucks, similar motor vehicles or add-on motors were used to propel a scaffold that was not designed for such propulsion systems:    a) Worksite - On or about May 3, 2017, a SKYWORKS JLG (G9-43A) fork truck was used to lift a platform not designed for such use, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 8 feet.

Issued

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1844.00 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) Worksite - On or about May 3, 2017, employees were exposed to fall hazards when working on an overhang section of roofing above the doorway to the house approximately 9 feet high without fall protection.

Issued

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1844.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:    a) Second Floor - On or about May 3, 2017, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet while working near window wall openings on the second floor.    b) First Floor - On or about May 3, 2017, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8 feet while working near a window wall opening on the first floor.

Issued

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1844.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a) Worksite - On or about May 3, 2017, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet due to using a 10 foot long Werner self-supporting step ladder as a non-self-supporting ladder to access the second floor of the house.  The step ladder was not extended above the upper landing surface being accessed, as the top of  the step ladder was approximately 6 inches below the upper landing surface being accessed.

Issued

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    a) Worksite - On or about May 3, 2017, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet due to using a 10 foot long Werner self-supporting step ladder as a non-self-supporting ladder to access the second floor of the house.