OSHA Inspection: KUHS QUALITY HOMES, LLC

Issued

2018-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $998.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a telehandler forklift.    (a) The employer did not ensure that employees who operate telehandler forklifts were trained in the safe operation and usage of forklifts.

Issued

2018-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2328.00 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) The employer did not ensure that employees were using fall protection when conducting framing work on a residential building.     (b) The employer did not ensure that fall protection was implemented for employees who were on the stair landing on the second floor.     (c) The employer did not ensure that fall protection was implemented for employees who were working near window openings on the second floor.

Issued

2018-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  (a) The employer did not ensure that employees were using fall protection when working from an elevated platform attached to a telehandler forklift.

Issued

2018-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): 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 and one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:    (a) The employer did not ensure that a hand rail was provided on a stairway that had four or more risers.

Issued

2018-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1663.00 Reduced

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 employees were trained in recognizing fall hazards and implementing fall protection when conducting framing work on a residential building.