OSHA Inspection: D.J. ELECTRIC, INC.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,326 · Current $3,326

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:  (a) A scaffold and its components were not capable of supporting 4 times the maximum intended load that was applied or transmitted to them. This resulted in a scaffold collapse.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  (a) A scaffold/scaffold platform that an employee was working from to install electrical components was not designed and erected by a qualified person.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Aug 21, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) An employee installing electrical equipment from a supported scaffold had not been trained on the hazards associated with scaffold work.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,326 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15): Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees:     (a) A 2 foot portable step-ladder was used on a scaffold platform to gain extra height by an electrician installing electrical equipment. This exposed the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Jul 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,326 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     (a) An employee conducting electrical box installation from a second floor loft/deck area was not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed the employee to a fall hazard of approximately nine (9) feet.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Aug 21, 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)  The employer did not ensure that an employee exposed to a fall hazard from a second floor level had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazard associated with the work.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Jul 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $674 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:    (a)  Employees were traversing and working from a stairway with four or more risers without at least one handrail in place.