OSHA Inspection: KAJ CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Site - Employees working from pump jack scaffolds were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide for a competent person to inspect the scaffolds for defects prior to each work shift.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Site - Employees working from pump jack scaffolds were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide for a competent person to erect the pump jack scaffolding at the site.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Site - Employees working from pump jack scaffolds were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide scaffold training for each employee.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $0.00 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:    Site - Each employee exposed to a fall hazard was not provided with fall protection training from the employer. 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):     Site - Employees working from the porch roof were exposed to a fall of approximately 14 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 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.    Site - Each employee exposed to a fall hazard while using a portable ladder was not provided with ladder training from the employer.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.    Site - Employees working from pump jack scaffolding were not protected from fall of approximately 12 feet where end rails were not installed along the work platform.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members are used, they were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.  Site - Employees working from pump jack scaffolding were not protected from fall of approximately 12 feet where mid rails were not installed along the work platform.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  Site - Employees working from pump jack scaffolding were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the poles for the pump jack scaffolding were not secured to the structure with triangular bracing at the bottom.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.      Site - Employees using a fiberglass ladder to access the porch roof were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface, the ladder was not secured at the top, and a grasping device was not provided.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6): Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:    Site - An employee working from a self supporting step ladder was not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder was erected on a sloped roof that was not level.