OSHA Inspection: H & D IRON WORKS INC.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:    a) 4th floor:    An employee used an electric powered angle grinder to cut metal for stairway installation. The angle grinder was designed to accommodate a guard for the cutting wheel, and was not equipped with such guard when in use. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,829 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites.    a) 4th floor:    An employee used an electric powered angle grinder to cut metal for stairway installation. The angle grinder was spliced to an extension cord, which was routed to a nearby outlet device and was not provided with a ground fault circuit interrupter. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous.  a) 4th floor:  An employee used an electric powered angle grinder to cut metal for stairway installation. The angle grinder was spliced to an extension cord, which was routed to a nearby outlet device and was missing a ground pin. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Openings in boxes, cabinets, and fittings through which conductors entered were not effectively closed.    a) 4th floor:    Employees plugged extension cords into the outlets of an electrical outlet box for powering tools. An opening in the outlet box through which an energized conductor entered was not effectively closed. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,829 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap.    a) 4th floor:    An employee used an electric powered angle grinder to cut metal for stairway installation. The angle grinder's power cord was spliced to an extension cord, which was routed to a nearby outlet device. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  a) 4th floor:  An employee used an electric powered angle grinder to cut metal for stairway installation. The angle grinder's power cord was spliced to an extension cord, which was routed to a nearby outlet device and was not provided strain relief to its plug. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,966 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.    a) On the roof at the edge of the building:    Employees were working on the 1st tier platform of a two-tier supported scaffold to do steel erection work. The platform was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,966 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) On the roof at the edge of the building:    Employees were working on the 1st tier platform of a two-tier supported scaffold to do steel erection work. Employees used frames and cross braces of the scaffold as a means of access. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,966 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a) On the roof at the edge of the building:    Employees were working on the 1st tier platform of a two-tier supported scaffold to do steel erection work, and were not protected from falling to lower level by the use of fall protection systems. Employees were exposed to falling approximately 4 stories. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,829 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(5)(iii): Fabricated frame scaffold bracket used to support cantilevered loads were not used only to support personnel. The scaffold was used for other loads and was not designed by a qualified engineer and built to withstand the tipping forces caused by those other loads being placed on the bracket-supported section of the scaffold.    a) On the roof at the edge of the building:    Employees built a two-tier supported scaffold to host structural steel beams for steel erection work. The scaffold bracket used to support cantilevered loads was not designed by a qualified engineer and built to withstand the tipping forces caused by the steel beams. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Abate by

Jul 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,966 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    a) On the roof at the edge of the building:    The employer did not have each employee who worked from a fabricated frame scaffold trained by a qualified person to recognize hazards associated with fabricated frame scaffolds. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Abate by

Jul 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.761(c)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that each connector has been provided training in the nature of the hazards associated with connecting.  a) On the roof at the edge of the building:  The employer did not ensure that each connector has been provided training in the nature of the hazards associated with connecting. Employees were exposed to fall hazard while connecting structural steel beams. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Abate by

Jul 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the nature of fall hazards in the work area.  a) On the roof at the edge of the building:  The employer did not ensure that each employee using A-frame stepladders had been trained by a competent person in the nature of fall hazards in the work area. Employees could not recognize fall hazards and misused stepladders at an unprotected edge of the roof and were exposed to falling 4 stories. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,966 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(b)(1): Each connector was not protected in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section from fall hazards of more than two stories or 30 feet (9.1 m) above a lower level, whichever is less.    a) On the roof at the edge of the building:    Employees were hosting structural steel beams and connecting them to construct the roof bulkhead. Employees wore safety harnesses and lanyards, but were not tied off. Employees were not protected from falling 4 stories to ground. On or about 03/25/19.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,963 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed.    a) On the roof at the edge of the building:    Employees used folded A-frame stepladders as extension ladders, and leaned them on structural steel columns for elevation to connect steel beams during steel erection work. On or about 03/25/19.