OSHA Inspection: PDB CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2017-10-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2662.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:   JOBSITE:  The employees performing framing of a residential house under construction were not protected from the hazard of falling approximately 15 feet to the ground by the use of guardrails, personal fall arrest system or other equivalent means.

Issued

2017-10-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  JOBSITE:  The employees exposed to fall hazards approximately 15 feet to the ground while performing framing of a residential house under construction were not provided training for fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

2017-10-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1901.00 Reduced

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:  JOBSITE:  The stairway that was used by employees to gain access to the second level was not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side.

Issued

2017-10-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained by a competent person which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairs, and the procedures to follow to minimize those hazards.  JOBSITE:  The employer did not ensure that each employee who was using a stairway to gain access to an upper level was trained to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairs and the procedures to follow to minimize such hazards.

Issued

2017-10-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii): Where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, receptacles were not protected with ground-fault circuit-interrupters when on a two-wire, single-phase portable or vehicle-mounted generator rated more than 5kW, or where the circuit conductors of the generator were not insulated from the generator fame and all other grounded surfaces:  JOBSITE:  The Predator 4000 Generator that was used to provide power to portable power tools was not equipped with a ground fault circuit interrupter.