OSHA Inspection: FOCAL POINTE, LLC

Issued

2018-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:     On or about at 8/15/2017, at the above addressed worksite, the employer did not ensure that employees who were exposed to a struck-by hazard while trimming trees with a metal-telescoping hedge trimmer (Stihl, Model HLA 85), wore appropriate eye protection.

Issued

2018-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $4527.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1): Employees were not trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertained to their respective job assignments:       On or about at 8/15/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to an electrocution hazard while engaged in tree trimming operations without training.

Issued

2018-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12934.00 · Current $9054.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(c)(3)(i)(A)(1): When an unqualified person was working in an elevated position near overhead lines with voltages to ground rated at 50 kV or below, the location was not such that the person and the longest conductive object he or she could contact was at least 10 feet from any unguarded, energized overhead line:      On or about at 8/15/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to an electrocution hazard while working from a 20-foot metal A-frame ladder and using a Stihl, Model HLA 85 metal-telescoping hedge trimmer that placed the employee's tool within 10 feet of a 7620 Volts overhead power line during tree trimming operations.