OSHA Inspection: CONSTRUCTION SIERRA, LLC

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $998 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  a. Inside the building, during floor grinding, an employee was exposed to the hazard of operating a Makita hand-held angle grinder without a guard, on or about 06/26/2017.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $998 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:  a. Inside the building, employees were exposed to electrical hazards, in that, a Rigid drill used to mix wet cement had the outer sheath of the insulation frayed about 12 inches from the drill's handle, on or about 06/26/2018.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,328 Reduced

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. On the overhung located at the west side of the building, an employee was exposed to a 11.5 feet fall hazard. The employee was on the roof overhung doing exterior framing work, on or about 06/26/2018.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,330 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be 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. On or about 06/26/2018, an employee working at the front of the building's overhung during framing work was 11.5 from the ground and was not provided training and education relating to fall protection, such as  but not limited to, hazard recognition, procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards and the proper use and limitation of fall protection equipment and fall protection systems and the standards contained in 29 CFR Subpart M-Fall protection.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,663 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions:  a. At the north side of the building, an excavation was opened in an effort to locate existing utilities without having a competent person supervising the work knowledgeable on excavation hazards and safety systems as well as hazardous conditions during water accumulation and spoil placement, on or about 06/26/2018.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,330 Reduced

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. On the overhung located at the west side of the building, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard 11.5 feet, in that, an extension ladder used to access the roof was 20 inches below the landing surface, on or about 06/26/2018.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,330 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for employees using ladders and stairways, that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:     a. On or about 06/26/2018, at the job site, an employee used a 24 foot aluminum extension ladder to access the roof overhung during exterior framing work without being provided ladder training to include at a minimum the following:  1. The nature of fall hazards in the work area. 2. The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining and disassembling the fall protection systems to be used. 3. The proper construction, use, placement, and care of handling of all stairways and ladders. 4. The maximum intended load-carrying capacities of ladders used and. 5. The OSHA standards on ladders and stairways.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)     a. At the site, employees were exposed to chemical products such as, but not limited to, masonry cement type M containing silica. A written hazard communication program was not developed, implemented and maintained at the workplace, on or about 06/26/2018.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not have safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   a. At the site, employees were exposed to chemical products such as, but not limited to, masonry cement type M containing silica. Safety Data Sheets were not maintained at the workplace to provide employees information on the hazardous chemicals used, on or about 06/26/2018.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. At the site, employees were exposed to chemical products such as, but not limited to, masonry cement type M containing silica. Employees were not provided training and education on the hazardous chemicals at the workplace, on or about 06/26/2018.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and/or maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard:  a. The employer did not develop and implement a safety and health program to address the company policy on safety as well as the employer/employee responsibilities, on or about 06/26/2018.