OSHA Inspection: AVENDANO CARPENTRY LLC

Issued

Oct 24, 2018

Abate by

Dec 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.    On July 12, 2018 an employee was rigging trusses onto a National Series 900 telescopic crane to lift them onto a new residential structure and had not been trained on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions such as electrical power line clearance, in that the rigger was electrocuted when the cranes load line (wire rope) made contact with a power line (7200 KV).

Issued

Oct 24, 2018

Abate by

Dec 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $7,760 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1408(a)(2): Determine if any part of the equipment, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), if operated up to the equipment's maximum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than 20 feet to a power line. If so, the employer must meet the requirements in Option (1), Option (2), or Option (3) of this section, as follows:    On July 12, 2018 prior to beginning of a crane operation lift, the employer did not determine if any part of the National Series 900 telescopic crane could get closer than 20 feet to the power lines, in that the rigger was electrocuted when the cranes load line made contact with power lines of 7,200 KV.