OSHA Inspection: KADAR ELITE CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification.       Location:   a) On second floor of the jobsite:                                    On or about 05/01/19, employees used a power strip to energize electrical equipment and lighting. The power strip was not listed to be use in a construction work environment.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Abate by

Jul 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.      Location:   a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the first floor of the jobsite:      On or about 05/01/19, an employee was doing stucco and paint work on the second tier platform of a five-tier-high supported scaffold, and were not protected from falling approximately 12 feet to a lower level.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail.      Location:  a) On the stairway of the jobsite:      On or about 05/01/19, employees used the stairway to access the upper level. The stairway was not equipped with at least one handrail. Employees were exposed to fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge.    Location:  a) On the stairway of the jobsite:    On or about 05/01/19, employees used the stairway to access the upper level. The stairway was not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge. Employees were exposed to fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Abate by

Jul 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)      Location:   a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the first floor of the jobsite:                                   On or about 05/01/19, employee was doing stucco and paint work on the second tier platform of a five-tier-high supported scaffold. The platform that the employee working on was not fully planked or decked between front upright and the guardrail supports, and were exposed to falling approximately 12 feet to the lower level.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Abate by

Jul 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $0 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.  Scaffold frames were used as a means of access.      Location:   a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the first floor of the jobsite:      On or about 05/01/19, an employee climbed the scaffold frames as a mean of access from the second tier platform of a five-tier-high supported scaffold to the ground level.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Abate by

Jul 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,700 Reduced

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.    Location:  a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the first floor of the jobsite:      On or about 05/01/19, scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift. Employees were exposed to fall hazards due to deficiencies with the scaffold such as but not limited to: scaffold platform was not fully planked, safe means of access was not provided, employee was not protected from falls by use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems, and falling objects protections was not provided.

Issued

Jul 11, 2019

Abate by

Jul 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $0 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.      Location:   a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the first floor of the jobsite:                                                                                                                                    On or about 05/01/19, employer did not have employees 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.