OSHA Inspection: GREAT WORK CONSTRUCTION CORP

Issued

Dec 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 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) Building/Side: Employees were exposed to an amputation hazard while using a Dewalt saw without a guard, on or about 08/28/2018.

Issued

Dec 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(3)(i): The maximum distance from the face of the work for outrigger scaffold was not kept under 3 inches .   a) Building Exterior: Employees exposed to a 20 foot fall hazard while working from a alum-a-pole pump jack scaffold that was 19 inches from the building. on or about 8/28/2018.

Issued

Dec 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 Reduced

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) Building Exterior: Employees exposed to a 20 foot fall hazard while working from a alum-a-pole pump jack scaffold that was not equipped with a guardrail system in place. On 8/27/2018, an employee fell approximately 20 feet from a pump jack scaffold without a guardrail system in place.

Issued

Dec 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.   a) Building Exterior: Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffold poles were not secured at the bottom, on or about 8/27/2018.

Issued

Dec 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 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) Roof: An employee were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet while working without a personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection from a roof, on or about 08/28/2018.

Issued

Dec 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,164 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. Building Rear: An extension ladder used to access a rear second floor patio balcony approximately 12 feet in height did not extend three (3) feet above the landing, on or about 08/28/2018.