OSHA Inspection: R & N CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,300 Reduced

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 8/10/2017, employees were not protected from overhead hazards by protective helmets while working below carpenters installing roof trusses.

Issued

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 8/10/2017, the employer did not ensure that eye and face protective equipment was used when employees were operating pneumatic nail guns and circular saws.

Issued

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,850 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts were used to support scaffold platforms while the entire platform was not attached to the fork and/or the fork-lift was moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:     (a) Worksite:  On or about 8/10/2017, the employer used a Lull forklift to hoist two employees on a scaffold platform that was not attached to the forks of the forklift.

Issued

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 8/10/2017, employees were not protected from falling, by guardrails or equivalent, while working from a scaffold platform on a Lull that was approximately sixteen feet above a lower level.

Issued

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,850 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 were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):     (a) Worksite:  On or about 8/10/2017, employees were not protected from falling while working near wall openings on the second floor of a residential structure, approximately fifteen feet above the lower level.

Issued

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(2): Mid-rails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structure members were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the walking/working surface when there was no wall or parapet wall at least 21 inches (53 cm) high:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 8/10/2017, the employer did not ensure that mid-rails were installed as a means of fall protection on the second floor of a residential structure during framing activities, where a top guardrail was in place.

Issued

Aug 21, 2017

Abate by

Oct 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:     (a) Worksite:  On or about 8/10/2017, the employer was operating a Lull forklift, hoisting employees approximately sixteen feet above ground level on a platform, without having undergone a powered industrial truck operator's performance evaluation within the past three years.