OSHA Inspection: WELER ONE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $5174.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the scaffold platform utilized for concrete form operations was at least 18 inches in width. Employees were working approximately 18 feet from the ground on single board scaffold platforms approximately 9 inches in width.       This condition was observed/noted on/about 19 DEC 2017.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-10 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 performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees working from approximately 18 feet from the ground below, on a scaffold created by placing planks onto the frames at the top of the formwork, were trained in the hazards associated with this type of scaffold in order to control or reduce hazards. Employees are climbing and working atop of the formwork on planks placed onto the framework of the concrete formwork.   This condition was observed/noted on/about 19 DEC 2017.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $5174.00

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) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees working from approximately 18 feet from the ground below were protected by a fall protection system, thus exposing employees to fall hazards. The employees were working from the tops of the concrete forms approximately 18 feet from the ground below and did not have a fall protection system in place.  This condition was observed/noted on/about 19 DEC 2017.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $5174.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(5)(i): Ramps and walkways 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels did not have guardrail systems that comply with subpart M of this part -- Fall Protection:  a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees working from approximately 18 feet from the ground below were protected by a fall protection system, thus exposing employees to fall hazards. The employees were working from pieces of formwork which had been used to form a walkway from the street to the top of the formwork approximately 18 feet above the ground below and did not have a fall protection system or guardrails in place.   This condition was observed/noted on/about 19 DEC 2017.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $5174.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section except when:  a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees working in an excavation approximately 18 feet deep were adequately protected from cave-ins, thus exposing employees to caught in-between hazards.  This condition was observed/noted on/about 19 DEC 2017.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $5174.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): Reinforcing steel. All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, shall be guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.  a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that rebar protruding from the walking surface was capped to prevent or guard from employees being impaled in the event of a fall, thus exposing employees to impalement hazards.   Condition noted/observed on/about 19 DEC 2017.