OSHA Inspection: LAKESIDE CARPENTRY, INC.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles:  (a) Lot #41, Third floor top plate: On or about 10/19/2018, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards while operating pneumatic framing nail guns, in that no protective eyewear was provided to employees installing roof trusses operating these tools at 120 PSI.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3978.00

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:   (a) Lot #41, Third floor top plate: On or about 10/19/2018, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 29-feet, 8-inches to the lower level, in that a fall protection system was not provided to employees engaged in residential roof truss installation.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2842.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:  (a) Lot #41, Stairway located between first and second floors:  On or about 10/19/2018, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to falls of up to 10-feet, 8-inches to the lower level, in that stair rails were not installed along the open sides of the stairway used by employees accessing the lower and upper levels of the residential structure.   (b) Lot #41, Stairway located between second and third floors: On or about 10/19/2018, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to falls of up to 21-feet, 6-inches to the lower level, in that stair rails were not installed along the open sides of the stairway used by employees accessing the lower and upper levels of the residential structure.