OSHA Inspection: DAVID SCHWARTZ CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2018-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2522.00 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:    a) Jobsite: Employees working on top of wood framing were not provided fall protection; thus exposing them to approximately 14 foot fall hazard.    Condition was observed on or about 16 NOV 2018.

Issued

2018-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a) Jobsite: Employees building frames for a residential building were not provided fall protection training; thus exposing them to fall hazards.    Condition was observed on or about 16 NOV 2018.

Issued

2018-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2522.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): A stairway or ladder shall be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist is provided:    a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the ladder provided at the jobsite was a safe means of access to the working level approximately 10 feet from the ground surface.    Condition was observed on or about 16 NOV 2018.

Issued

2018-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1441.00 Reduced

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, shall be equipped with:    a) Jobsite: Employees using a stairway  to access upper levels to conduct construction activities were exposed to fall hazards, in that, the unprotected side of the stairway was not equipped with a guard rail system.    Condition was observed on or about 16 NOV 2018.