OSHA Inspection: VERTICAL VISIONE CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $13,260

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(15): Each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet (1.8 meters) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  On or about 03/21/2019 at 1210 Rockbridge Rd. Norcross GA, 30062, employees engaged in modifications to a communications tower were exposed to falling in excess of 100-feet to the ground below in that a 12-foot sling wrapped around the tower in a double choker and used as an anchor point, did not have the ends connected together to form a secure tie-off point.

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1431(a): The use of equipment to hoist employees was not prohibited except where the employer demonstrates that the erection, use, and dismantling of conventional means of reaching the work area, such as a personnel hoist, ladder, stairway, aerial lift, elevating work platform, or scaffold, would be more hazardous, or is not possible because of the projects structural design or worksite conditions.     On or about 03/21/2019 at 1210 Rockbridge Rd. Norcross GA, 30062, employees working on a communications tower were hoisted up the tower using a man basket attached to a crane, exposing employees to falling approximately 105-feet to the lower level.

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1431(f)(4): The number of employees occupying the personnel platform exceed the maximum number the platform was designed to hold or the number required to perform the work:  On or about 03/21/2019 at 1210 Rockbridge Rd. Norcross GA, 30062:  A two-person personnel basket was utilized by the crane operator to hoist the communications tower construction crew consisting of three employees to heights above 90 feet from ground level.  The maximum occupancy of the personnel basket was exceeded, exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1431(m)(2): The pre-lift meeting was not attended by the equipment operator, signal person (if used for the lift), employees to be hoisted, and the person responsible for the task to be performed.    On or about 3/21/2019 at rear of the buildings located at 1210 Rockbridge Road, Norcross, GA:     Employer did not ensure that employees being hoisted in a personnel basket attended the pre-lift meeting with the crane operator and competent person responsible for the communications tower work exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $758 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): Each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report was not recorded within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.    On or about 04/16/2019, the employer did not record the workplace fatality that occurred on 03/21/2019 within seven days on the OSHA 300 log.

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $1,244 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident     On or about 03/21/2019, the employer failed to report the work-related death of an employee to OSHA within 8-hours.  The fatality was reported on 03/22/2019.

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $758 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.40(a): The employer did not provide an authorized government representative the records within the four business hours.    On or about March 22, 2019 at 1210 Rockbridge Rd. Norcross GA, 30062, the employer failed to provide the OSHA 300 logs four hours after they were requested and were not delivered until April, 16, 2019.

Issued

Sep 19, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(21): Personal fall arrest systems were not inspected prior to each use for wear, damage, and other deterioration, and/or defective components were not removed from service:  On or about 03/21/2019 at 1210 Rockbridge Rd. Norcross GA, 30062, the employer did not inspect personal fall arrest systems prior to use when performing modifications to a communications tower from heights up to approximately 105-feet.