OSHA Inspection: JMJ CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1521.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)     a.  On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, an inspection was not conducted by a competent person capable of correcting hazards such as falls, which could result in employee injuries.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand:   a.  On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite,  employees conducting installation operations from a welded tubular scaffold was not trained to recognize the hazards associated with scaffolding.  The employees were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.   a.  On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees had been provided fall protection training however, the employer failed to keep a written certification of record.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1521.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)     a.  On or about September 27, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to falls while performing installation operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately (3) stories  or thirty (30) feet above the ground, that did not have the working level fully planked.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   a.  On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting installation operations from a tubular welded scaffold, three (3) and four (4) stories above the ground, were not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employee to falls.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.   a. On or about September 26, 2017 at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing installation operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately forty (40), thirty (30), twenty (20) and ten (10) feet above the ground, were exposed to injuries from falls due to employees altering and dismantling the scaffold, who were not trained, experienced or competent in scaffold dismantling or alteration.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1521.00 Reduced

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. On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing installation operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, four (4) stories, three (3) stories, two (2) stories and one (1) story above the ground, were exposed to injuries from falls due to the lack of guardrails.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(xv): Crossbracing used in place of a midrail was unacceptable because the crossing point of two braces is between 20 inches (0.5 m) and 30 inches ((0.8 M) above the work platform or as a toprail when the crossing point of two braces is not between 20 inches (0.5 m) and 30 inches (0.8 m) above the work platform or as a toprail when the crossing point of two braces is between 38 inches (0.97 m) and 48 inches (1.3 m) above the work platform.  The endpoints at each upright were more than 48 inches (1.3 m) apart.  a.  On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting installation operations from a tubular welded framed scaffold, four (4) stories, three (3) stories, two (2) stories and one (1) story above the ground, that was not provided with a toprail, thereby exposing the employees to falls.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1521.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    a.  On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing installation operations from a JLG aerial lift, JLG 600S Model number 899076RC, approximately twenty five (25) feet above the ground, was not wearing full body harnesses, thereby exposing the employee to falls.

Issued

2017-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1521.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.     a. On or about September 26, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing installation operations from the roof were exposed to falls of one (1), two (2) and three (3) stories created by the presence of unprotected sides.