OSHA Inspection: SKYLAND CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2017-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3549.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph:     a)  At the jobsite, on or about 6/7/17:  Wiring pulled to a hallway and un attended at the time of the inspection was live.  This area was used as a temporary staging point for scaffold components and other material, and frequented by other workers carrying the same.      b)  At the jobsite, on or about 6/7/17:  A temporary light was mounted onto the ceiling and powered with a cord that hung down into the passageway and was spliced and held together with wire nuts.  Workers who frequented this passageway would duck underneath or to the side to avoid the spliced live wire.

Issued

2017-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2897.00 · Current $2028.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites:    a)  At the jobsite, on or about 6/7/17:  Workers were using a variety of power tools that were plugged into wall outlets.  The standard wall outlets were not GFCI protected.

Issued

2017-10-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2897.00 · Current $2028.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(2): Scaffold casters and wheels were not locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold was used in a stationary manner:    a)  At the jobsite, on or about 6/7/17:  Employees were working from Werner mobile scaffolds were the wheels were not locked out.