OSHA Inspection: PREMIER CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS OF GA, LLC

Issued

2019-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $1818.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee use appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors or potentially injurious light radiation.    (a) Front of the building - On or about April 26, 2019 employees were exposed to a flying object hazard while installing truss and framing a building using nail guns without wearing safety glasses.  The employer did enforce the use of eye protection.

Issued

2019-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3182.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): "Unprotected sides and edges." Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 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) Front of the building - On or about April 26, 2019 two employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing truss and framing a building without wearing fall protection 12 feet 8 inches above the ground.

Issued

2019-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes (including skylights) by covers.  (a) Holes near steel column poles - On or about April 26, 2019 employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working near floor holes, including holes that were 2-foot squares and varied in depth from 4 inches to 1.4 feet deep.    (b) Elevator shaft - On or about April 26, 2019 employees were exposed to a fall hazard while framing near a hole that measured 17 feet long by 7.2 feet wide by 3.7 feet deep.

Issued

2019-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1362.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): All industrial trucks in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks.    (a) Front of the building - On or about April 26, 2019 employees were exposed to a potential struck-by hazard while working near an unattended forklift with elevated forks.

Issued

2019-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $1818.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    (a) Elevator shaft - On or about April 26, 2019 employees were exposed to an impalement hazard while working near uncapped rebar, in that the employer did not guard protruding reinforced steel.

Issued

2019-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2272.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    (a) Far right window at the front of the building - On or about April 26, 2019 an employee who was framing a building was exposed to a fall hazard while standing on the top step of a step ladder.      (b) Elevator shaft - On or about April 26, 2019 employees who were framing a building were exposed to a fall hazard while standing on the top step of the step ladder.