OSHA Inspection: WELLCON, INC.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents:  a)  At 23240 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about April 25, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to operate pneumatic nail guns and circular saws without eye protection while performing framing activities exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  a)  At 23240 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about April 25, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold with a walk board that measured 12 inches wide exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 28 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  At 23240 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about April 25, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 28 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a)  At 23240 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about April 25, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from the top of framed walls without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 35 feet to the ground below.  b)  At 23240 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about April 25, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from the second floor deck without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 23.6 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  At 23240 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about April 25, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 35 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(1)(ii): Portable ladders that were not self-supporting, without failure, at least four times the maximum intended load:     a)  At 23240 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama:  On or about April 25, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to use a job made ladder and the ladder did not have blocks installed between the ladder rungs exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 13.9 feet to the ground below.