OSHA Inspection: JOSEPH F. BECKER, INC.

Issued

Sep 7, 2018

Abate by

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $311 · Current $311

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  On July 5, 2018, Joseph Becker, Inc., was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through written certification that each citation was abated.  Abatement certification was not received for the following violations:      a.  Citation 1 Item 1, and  b.  Citation 1 Item 2.

Issued

Sep 7, 2018

Abate by

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $311 · Current $311

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required:   On July 5, 2018, Joseph F. Becker, Inc., was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through documents that each citation was abated.  Abatement documentation was not received for the following violations:    a.     Citation 1 Item 3a & b, and b.     Citation 1 Item 4.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Jul 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,829 · Current $1,280 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    On or about May 29, 2018, employee was exposed to struck-by hazards on the head without head protection, while working under an employee on a higher work platform, on a commercial construction site in Marshall, Illinois.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Jul 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,268 · Current $2,986 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    On or about May 29, 2018, employee was exposed to a fall hazard of 15 feet from scaffolding without fall protection, on a commercial construction site in Marshall, Illinois.    The employer did not ensure that the scaffolding was erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Jul 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    On or about May 29, 2018, employee was exposed to a fall hazard of 15 feet from scaffolding without fall protection, on a commercial construction site in Marshall, Illinois.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Jul 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,049 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    On or about May 29, 2018, employee was exposed to a fall hazard of 15 feet while working from scaffolding, and the employer did not fully plank or deck the working level, on a commercial construction site in Marshall, Illinois.

Issued

Jul 5, 2018

Abate by

Jul 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,049 · Current $2,134 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:       On or about May 29, 2018, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of 15 feet while accessing and exiting a scaffold via an extension ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface, on a commercial construction site in Marshall, Illinois.