OSHA Inspection: LIMAS CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2019-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3978.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2): The employer did not determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees were to work had the strength and structural integrity to support employees safely:  a. Ashton Woods Dumont Place Subdivision, 1124 Provence Lane, Lot #70, Decatur, GA (Porch Roof) - Employees were exposed to fall/roof collapsed hazard.  The roof porch collapse when the siding employee step onto the elevated porch roof to  installed the siding batten strip to the siding panel.  The employer did not determine and/or verify that the working surfaces of the roof porch had the structural integrity to safely support the employees, on or about February 15, 2019.

Issued

2019-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-03 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. Ashton Woods Dumont Place Subdivision, 1124 Provence Lane, Lot #70, Decatur, GA (Porch Roof) - Employees were exposed to fall hazard.  The employee was not utilizing fall protection while working and walking approximately 16 feet above ground level on the elevated porch roof, installing siding batten strip to the front exterior of the newly constructed residential home, on or about February 15, 2019.