OSHA Inspection: BLACK HILLS CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2017-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1847.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form and scrap lumber with protruding nails, and all other debris, shall be kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairways in and around buildings or other structures:    (a) Black Hills Construction, LCC @ 1205 Pace Street, Longmont, CO 80501:  On or before September 19, 2017 as part of injury/ accident prevention responsibilities under its safety program, the exposing employer did not ensure that the scrap lumber with protruding nails, and all other debris, was be kept cleared from work areas, passageways and around the stairways located in the middle of the building where employee used a ladder to gain access to the upper floor. Scrap lumber with protruding nails, and all other debris was accumulated and around buildings or other structures instead of being contained inside trash dumpsters on the jobsite.  This condition exposed employees to tripping/falling and puncture hazards due to 2x4s having nails sticking up.

Issued

2017-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1847.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees were not protected by hard hats while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects:      (a) Black Hills Construction, LCC @ 1205 Pace Street, Longmont, CO 80501:  On or before September 19, 2017, as part of injury/accident prevention responsibilities under its safety program, the exposing employer did not ensure that each employee wore hard hats while working on the jobsite. No employee was wearing a hard hat including both management officials onsite. This condition exposed employees to head injury from impact, or from falling or flying object from the upper floor elevations.       Abatement Note:  1926.28(a) also provides that the employer is responsible for requiring the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions or where this part indicates the need for using such equipment to reduce the hazards to the employees.

Issued

2017-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2309.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or other approved alternative fall protection system:       (a) Black Hills Construction, LCC @ 1205 Pace Street, Longmont, CO 80501:  On or before September 19, 2017, as part of injury/accident prevention responsibilities under its safety program, the exposing employer did not ensure that each employee walking/working on buildings having stairway landings with an unprotected side or edge which was six feet or more above a lower level was protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest system. This condition exposed the employees to falling from floor elevations approximately 20 feet to ground.

Issued

2017-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2309.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(13): When guardrail systems were used around holes which were used as access (such as ladderways), they were not provided with a gate, or were not so offset that a person could not walk directly into the hole:    (a) Black Hills Construction, LCC @ 1205 Pace Street, Longmont, CO 80501:  On or before September 19, 2017, as part of injury/accident prevention responsibilities, the exposing employer did not ensure that each floor opening used as ladderways for employees to gain access to the upper floor of the buildings was adequately guarded by guardrails with a gate, or offset to protect employees from falling and or stepping into the ladderway hole.  This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet to the lower level.