OSHA Inspection: NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Issued

Mar 6, 2018

Abate by

Mar 23, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,543 · Current $3,326 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(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:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 607 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about October 18, 2017, during work activities, the employer did not ensure that an employee wore appropriate eye/face protection when cutting materials such as wood or metal with a power saw.     a) Job site, 607 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about October 18, 2017, during work activities, the employer did not ensure that an employee wore appropriate eye/face protection when using chemicals such as solvents or other chemicals.

Issued

Mar 6, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,239 · Current $5,543 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 607 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about October 1, 2017, during work activities on HVAC systems in the building, the employer did not ensure that an appropriate energy control program was in place in that an employee performed worked that required energy control but did not receive energy control training, written energy control procedures did not exist and locks and other hardware needed to control energy were not provided.

Issued

Mar 6, 2018

Abate by

Mar 23, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 pertain to their respective job assignments:   Instances including, but not limited to, the following:  a) Job site, 607 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about October 1, 2017, during work activities on building electrical systems, the employer did not ensure that appropriate electrical safety training was conducted in that an employee worked on building electrical systems without proper training and did not render circuits inoperative, such as with a lock applied to a circuit breaker.

Issued

Mar 6, 2018

Abate by

Mar 23, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,543 · Current $3,326 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees had not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 607 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about October 18, 2017, during work activities, the employer did not provide effective training on chemicals such as solvents, oils or greases.

Issued

Mar 6, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces:    a) Job site, 607 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about October 27, 2017, during work activities, the employer did not ensure that spaces, such as voids between floors and roofs or other areas, were evaluated under the confined space standard.

Issued

Mar 6, 2018

Abate by

Mar 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled equipment was not installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling:   Instances including, but not limited to, the following:  a) Job site, 607 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about October 30, 2017, during work activities, the employer did not ensure that equipment was used in accordance with listing and labeling instructions in that a portable space heater was plugged into a relocatable power tap, which is not permitted by UL listing, and is specifically prohibited in UL 1363, standard for relocatable power taps.