OSHA Inspection: MRG CONSTRUCTION LLC.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them):    (a)  MRG Construction LLC, at 5959 N Dunkirk Street, Denver, CO: On and preceding 10/12/18, the employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.  Employees were installing exterior sheathing on a two-story multi-family residential structure.  An employee secured the sheathing by leaning outward through a wall opening on the second floor.  The employee fell approximately 11 feet to the ground when the guardrail failed.  The employer did not ensure that the employee was following safe work practices, in that employees were leaning outward through wall openings, were not maintaining the proper tension in the personal fall arrest system, and that the guardrails as well as personal fall arrest system were properly installed.  This condition exposed employees to approximate 11 foot fall hazards.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(3): Guardrail systems shall be capable of withstanding, without failure, a force of at least 200 pounds (890 N) applied within 2 inches (5.1 cm) of the top edge, in any outward or downward direction, at any point along the top edge:  (a)  MRG Construction LLC, at 5959 N Dunkirk Street, Denver, CO: On or about 10/12/18, the employer did not ensure that guardrail systems were capable of withstanding, without failure, a force of at least 200 pounds (890 N) applied within 2 inches (5.1 cm) of the top edge, in any outward or downward direction, at any point along the top edge.  Employees were installing exterior sheathing on a two-story multi-family residential structure.  An employee secured the sheathing by leaning outward through a wall opening on the second floor.  The employee fell approximately 11 feet to the ground when the guardrail failed.  The guardrail had not been secured at both ends.  This condition exposed the employee to an approximate 11 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15)(i): Anchorages used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment shall be independent of any anchorage being used to support or suspend platforms and capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached, or shall be designed, installed, and used as follows: as part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two; and under the supervision of a qualified person:  (a)  MRG Construction LLC, at 5959 N Dunkirk Street, Denver, CO: On or about 10/12/18, the employer did not ensure that anchorages used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment shall be independent of any anchorage being used to support or suspend platforms and capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached.  Employees were installing exterior sheathing on a two-story multi-family residential structure.  An employee secured the sheathing by leaning outward through a wall opening on the second floor.  The employee utilized a personal fall arrest system.  The employee wrapped a self-retracting lifeline around 2"x4" wooden studs and attached the lifeline to itself.  The employer did not ensure that the personal fall arrest system was properly anchored.  This condition exposed the employee to an approximate 11 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii):  Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, shall be rigged such that an employee can neither free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m), nor contact any lower level:  (a)  MRG Construction LLC, at 5959 N Dunkirk Street, Denver, CO: On or about 10/12/18, the employer did not ensure that personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were rigged such that the employee would not strike any lower level.  Employees were installing exterior sheathing on a two-story multi-family residential structure.  An employee secured the sheathing by leaning outward through a wall opening on the second floor.  The employee fell approximately 11 feet to the ground when the guardrail failed.  The employee had utilized a personal fall arrest system.  The life line had too much slack and the fall was not arrested prior to the employee striking the ground below.  This condition exposed the employee to an approximate 11 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program enabling recognition of and appropriate protective procedures for fall hazards for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:    (a)  MRG Construction LLC, at 5959 N Dunkirk Street, Denver, CO: On and preceding 10/12/18, the employer did not provide a training program enabling recognition of and appropriate protective procedures for fall hazards for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.  Employees were installing exterior sheathing on a two-story multi-family residential structure.  An employee secured the sheathing by leaning outward through a wall opening on the second floor.  The employer did not provide fall protection training to all employees.  This condition exposed two employees to an approximate 11 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  (a)  MRG Construction LLC, at 5959 N Dunkirk St., Denver, CO: On and preceding 10/12/18, the employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways.  Employees were installing exterior sheathing on a two-story multi-family residential structure.  Employees accessed the second floor using an aluminum extension ladder.  The employer had not provided all employees ladder training.  This condition exposed two employees to an approximate 11 foot fall hazard.