OSHA Inspection: BRUTUS CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

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:  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, employees were not provided with head protection when working beneath employees performing roofing work, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses 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:   (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, Employees were not provided with and required to use eye protection while operating pneumatic nail guns, exposing employee to eye hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

Hazardous substances 1340

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1): Containers other than approved metal safety cans or DOT approved containers were used for the handling and use of flammable liquids in quantities of 5 gallons or less:  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, gasoline was stored in and dispensed from a non-approved container, , exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1340

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(d)(2): A portable fire extinguisher having a rating of not less than 20-B units was not located between 25 feet and 75 feet from flammable liquid storage area(s) located outside:  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, fire extinguishers were not provided where gasoline was stored on site, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

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) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, employees performing roofing work were not provided with fall protection, exposing employees to falls of 13 feet.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, employees performing roofing work were not provided with fall protection training, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, an extension ladder used for employee access to the roof did not extend at least 3ft above the roof, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, employees using an extension ladder were not trained in the safe use of ladders, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1340

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s): (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, gasoline was stored in and dispensed from a non-approved container, , exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

Feb 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1340

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  (a) 2200 Wakeling St - On or about 2/14/18, employees exposed to gasoline were not trained on its hazards and methods to protect themselves from the hazards, exposing employees to chemical hazards.