OSHA Inspection: TEKTON CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(h)(1): Each circular crosscut table saw was not guarded by a hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw blade above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut:Note:  See paragraph (i)(1) of this section for additional requirements for hand-fed crosscut table saws.  a) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Workers were using a DeWalt table saw to cut trim wood and siding for interior and exterior installation and without a guard.

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(f): Section 5.1.3.3 American National Standards Institute 01.1-1961, Safety Code for Woodworking Machinery as adopted by 29 CFR 1926.304(f):  Electrically driven equipment was not controlled with magnetic switches or other devices that would prevent automatic restarting of the machine after a power failure  a) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Workers were using a DeWalt table saw to cut trim wood and siding for interior and exterior installation and without a guard and where that saw did not have an anti-restart function.

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $0.00 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 site:  a) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Workers were using power tools that were energized through temporary connections through the service panel and without GFI protection.

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings were not effectively closed:  a) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Workers were using power tools that were energized through temporary connections through the service panel where two breaker positions were open.

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2200.00 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:  a) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold that was 10 feet from ground on one end and 16 feet from ground on the opposite end, and where they accessed the pick by climbing onto it, without a ladder to access the work surface.

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold that was 10 feet from ground on one end and 16 feet from ground on the opposite end, and without fall protection of any kind.

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $0.00 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) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Workers used a Werner 10 foot step ladder inside an unfinished interior stairwell to access the second floor from the basement level, where that ladder was leaned against the floor end, did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing being accessed, and was not opened and spreaders locked out as it is designed to be used.

Issued

2019-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) At the jobsite, on or about 4/3/19:  Workers used a Werner 10 foot step ladder inside an unfinished interior stairwell to access the second floor from the basement level, where that ladder was leaned against the floor end and was not opened and spreaders locked out as it is designed to be used.