OSHA Inspection: MASS WATER DAMAGE RESTORATION

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.    Location: Jobsite    Employees were exposed to struck-by and electrical shock hazards to the head while working in a residential structure  where hard hats were not worn.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes (including skylights) by covers.    Location: Jobsite    Employee were exposed to tripping and fall hazards while working in a residential structure where floor holes were not covered.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): Evidence in writing was not available that an engineering survey performed by a competent person had been performed prior to permitting employee(s) to start demolition operations.    Location: Jobsite    Employees were exposed to struck-by and caught between hazards from an unplanned collapse of floors, walls or framing while working in residential structure where an engineering survey for demolition work had not been conducted.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.851(a): The employer did not ensure that access ways other than those designated by the employer as stairways, passageways and ladders as means of access to the structure(s) of a building were entirely closed at all times.  Location: Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards while working in a residential structure where stairways in areas under demolition were not closed and were being utilized by those employees as a mean of egress.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.857(a): Storage of waste material and debris on building floors exceeded the allowable floor loads.  Location: Jobsite  Employees were exposed to crushing and caught between hazards from possible floor collapse while working in a residential structure where rooms at each floor level had been overloaded with demolition debris.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(c): All electric, gas, water, steam, sewer, and other service lines shall be shut off, capped, or otherwise controlled, outside the building line before demolition work is started. In each case, any utility company which is involved shall be notified in advance.    Location: Jobsite    On two different instances employees were exposed to electrical hazards and natural gas explosion hazards while working in a residential structure where utilities had not been disconnected or capped, also utility companies had not been notified.    Instance 1) Novembers 8th 2017 Employees were exposed to hazards associated with conducting demolition work while electrical and natural gas utilities had not been disconnected.    Instance 2) November 13th 2017 Employees were exposed to electrical hazards while continuing with demolition work and removing the structures electrical wiring with notifying the utility company or having the service cut and capped.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive side rails.    Location: Jobsite    Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards while working on aluminum step ladders in close proximity to live electrical parts and wiring.