OSHA Inspection: DANA EILAND CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

May 3, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,125 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) On or about 04/02/2019 - 1901 Quintard Avenue, Anniston, AL, employees working on the ground beneath employees cutting off rafter tails were not provided hard hats.

Issued

May 3, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,125 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a) On or about 04/02/2019 - 1901 Quintard Avenue, Anniston AL, employees operating a reciprocating saw to cut away the end tail rafter were not provided safety glasses.

Issued

May 3, 2019

Abate by

May 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,126 · Current $1,876 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a) On or about 04/02/2019 - 1901 Quintard Avenue, Anniston AL, employees working at 13 feet above the ground along an open edge were unaware of the hazards of falling.

Issued

May 3, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $2,626 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a) On or about 04/02/2019 - 1901 Quintard Avenue, Anniston AL, employees utilized an aluminum ladder to access the landing surface that did not extend the necessary 3 rungs.

Issued

May 3, 2019

Abate by

May 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,126 · Current $1,876 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    a) On or about 04/02/2019 - 1901 Quintard Avenue, Anniston, AL, employees utilizing an aluminum extension ladder to gain access to the upper surface of a building were unaware of how to properly setup the ladder.

Issued

May 3, 2019

Penalty

Initial $8,752 · Current $5,251 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) On or about 04/02/2019 - 1901 Quintard Avenue, Anniston, AL, employees cutting rafter tails from the existing wood trusses at approximately 13 feet above the ground while exposed to an open edge were unprotected from falls.    Dana Eiland Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1344554, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/09/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 2946 Turner Hill Road, Lithonia, Georgia 30038.