OSHA Inspection: JB WALKER HOMES, LLC

Issued

2018-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2218.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.  On or about 9/7/2018, at 9465 Miami Valley Road, Fort Valley, GA: Employees working on the second level of the building were not protected from a fall hazard at or above 10 feet from ground level.  The employer failed to install a complete guardrail system on the 10 window openings on the upper level of the building.

Issued

2018-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2218.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(2): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structure members were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the walking/working surface when there was no wall or parapet wall at least 21 inches (53 cm) high.  On or about 9/7/2018, at 9465 Miami Valley Road, Fort Valley, GA: Employees working and standing at and near the edge of the upper surface at the job-made wooden ladder are exposed to a fall hazard at or above 10 feet from ground level.  The employer failed to install a midtrial at the upper level surface access area where the job-made wooden ladder was installed.

Issued

2018-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3104.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(2): Ladder rungs, cleats, and/or steps were not parallel, level, and uniformly spaced when the ladder was in position for use: Note:  Also applies to job-made ladders.  On or about 9/7/2018, at 9465 Miami Valley Road, Fort Valley, GA:  The job-made wooden ladder used to provide the employees access to and from the work area on the second level of the building was not properly constructed.