OSHA Inspection: GEARY CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Aug 22, 2018

Abate by

Sep 13, 2018

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.    On or about August 8, 2018, and times prior, the employer did not initiate and maintain safety and health programs.

Issued

Aug 22, 2018

Abate by

Sep 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  On or about August 8, 2018, and times prior, the employer did not instruct each employee on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to the work environment.

Issued

Aug 22, 2018

Abate by

Sep 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.  On or about August 8, 2018, the employees on site were not familiar with the OSHA scaffolding standards and the nature of fall hazards pertaining to articulating boom lifts.

Issued

Aug 22, 2018

Abate by

Sep 13, 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:  On or about August 8, 2018, employees exposed to fall hazards were not trained on how to recognize and mitigate those fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 22, 2018

Abate by

Aug 30, 2018

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated.    On or about August 8, 2018, employees working from a JLG Articulating Boom Lift were doing so without a harness or a body belt and adequate anchorage.

Issued

Aug 22, 2018

Abate by

Aug 30, 2018

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     On or about August 8, 2018, employees performing rough framing on a residential home at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.