OSHA Inspection: STEVE WEAVER CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  a) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al:  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure employee(s) were using scaffold platforms and walkways that were at least eighteen (18) inches wide while performing framing activities; exposing them to a fall hazard of up to twenty five (25) feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Abate by

Oct 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  a) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al:  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure employee(s) were using a guardrail system for job-made scaffolds while performing framing activities; exposing them to a fall hazard of up to twenty five (25) feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Abate by

Oct 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  a) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al:  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure employee(s) were trained to recognize and minimize the hazards for job-made scaffolds while performing framing activities; exposing them to a fall hazard of up to twenty five (25) feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Abate by

Oct 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  a) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al:  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure their employee(s) were using fall protection while performing framing activities such as but not limited to trusswork, exposing them to a fall hazard of up to twenty five (25) feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Abate by

Oct 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.  a) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al:  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure their employee(s) were using fall protection while performing roofing activities such as but not limited to handing up trusswork materials, exposing them to a fall hazard of up to ten (10) feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Abate by

Oct 23, 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) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al:  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure their employee(s) were trained to recognize and minimize the hazards associated with falls for performing framing activities such as but not limited to trusswork, exposing them to a fall hazard of up to twenty five (25) feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Abate by

Oct 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,346 · Current $4,346

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  a) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al (west side of north building):  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; employees were exposed to fall hazards from a six (6) foot step ladder by using the top of the ladder to access the next level of the building.  b) 1515 South University Blvd Mobile, Al (north side of north building):  On or about May 03, 2017, and at times prior; employees were exposed to fall hazards from a six (6) foot step ladder by using the top of the ladder to access a job-made scaffold of the building.