OSHA Inspection: BIG ROCK RC, LLC

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $3000.00 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:    On or about August 25, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that subcontractors provide employees exposed to overhead hazards hardhats.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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.    On or about October 19, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that subcontractors provided safety glasses to employees operating nail guns during framing and siding construction.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    On or about October 19, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that subcontractors provided employees working above 6 feet at a residential framing worksite fall protection.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c).    On or about October 19, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that subcontractors installing sewer and utility pipes in trenches more than 5ft deep protected employees from cave-in hazards.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    On or about October 19, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that subcontractors extended portable ladders at least 3ft above the upper landing surface during residential framing construction.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  On or about October 19, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure subcontractors installing sidings and gutters used stepladders that were not folded to work on walls.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Employees were not grasping the ladder with at least one hand when progressing up and/or down the ladder:  On or about August 25, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that subcontract employees carrying plywood up the ladders during framing construction grasped the ladder with at least one hand at all times.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause them to lose balance and fall:  On or about August 25, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that subcontract employees were climbing ladders without carrying plywood that could cause them to lose balance and fall.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $711.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l) AND AS REFERENCED BY THE NOTE CONTAINED IN 1926.602(d):    On or about October 19, 2017 and there prior, the employer authorized employees and subcontract-employees to operate excavators and bulldozers without ensuring that they were competent operators.

Issued

2017-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace AND AS REFERENCED BY THE NOTE CONTAINED IN 1926.602(d).  On or about October 19, 2017 and there prior, employees operating the bulldozers and excavators at the residential construction site did not complete formal instruction training on Powered Industrial Trucks. Employees did not have the requisite knowledge to operate the equipment and excavate in a safe manner.