OSHA Inspection: MH CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2018-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16):  Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, shall be rigged such that employees can neither free fall more than 6 feet, nor contact any lower level:       (a)   MH Construction at 3200 Stanford Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80525:  On and before September 25, 2018, the employer did not ensure that the personal fall arrest systems used by employees limited the fall distance to 6 feet, nor prevented contact with the lower level.  Two employees engaged in framing activities on 2nd and 3rd level exterior decks were wearing fall harnesses attached to anchored vertical lifelines; however, their rope grabs and lifelines were not properly adjusted so that their fall protection systems would provide adequate fall protection. Conditions resulted in employees exposed to fall hazards of greater than 6 feet, and with high potential of contacting the ground below at approximate distances of 9 and 18 feet.

Issued

2018-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii):     (a)   MH Construction at 3200 Stanford Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80525:  On and before September 25, 2018, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from injury in that fall protection training was not provided to employees by a competent person. Two employees engaged in framing activities on 2nd and 3rd level exterior decks were wearing fall harnesses attached to anchored vertical lifelines; however, their rope grabs and lifelines were not properly adjusted so that their fall protection systems would provide adequate fall protection. Conditions resulted in employees exposed to fall hazards of greater than 6 feet, and with high potential of contacting the ground below at approximate distances of 9 and 18 feet.

Issued

2018-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $900.00 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 ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:      (a)   MH Construction at 3200 Stanford Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80525:  On and before September 25, 2018, the employer did not ensure that the ladders employees were using to access the upper landing surfaces extended 3 feet above the upper landing areas. Two employees engaged in framing activities on 2nd and 3rd level exterior decks did not have their extension ladders adjusted correctly so that the side rails extended at least 3 feet above the work surface. This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 9 and 18 feet.