GILBERTSVILLE, PA —
OSHA Inspection: MK CONSTRUCTION
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of MK CONSTRUCTION in RT. 100 AND WEST MOYER ROAD, GILBERTSVILLE, PA 19525 (NAICS 423330). OSHA activity number 343982377.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MK CONSTRUCTION
- Site address
- RT. 100 AND WEST MOYER ROAD
- City
- GILBERTSVILLE
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19525
- Mailing
- 5742 OLD PHILADELPHIA PIKE, GAP, PA 17527
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 423330
- Employees
- 10
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.102 A01
- Issued
- May 13, 2019
- Abate by
- May 21, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $3,410 · Current $2,387 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents: a) Rt. 100 and West Moyer Road, Gilbertsville - On or about May 3, 2019, employees using pneumatic nail gun to install shingles were not utilizing impact resistant eye protection.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2387
- — Z (S) $3410
1926.501 B13
- Issued
- May 13, 2019
- Abate by
- May 21, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $3,978 · Current $2,784 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) Rt. 100 and West Moyer Rd., Gilbertsville - On or about May 3, 2019, several employees were working on a steeply pitched residential roof, approximately 30 feet above grade, without utilizing any means of fall protection.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2784
- — Z (S) $3978
1926.1053 B01
- Issued
- May 13, 2019
- Abate by
- May 21, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $3,978 · Current $2,785 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. a) Rt. 100 and West Moyer Rd., Gilbertsville - On or about May 3, 2019, employees are utilizing an extension ladder to access the elevated working areas, but the ladder did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2785
- — Z (S) $3978
1926.1053 B05 I
- Issued
- May 13, 2019
- Abate by
- May 21, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support. a) Rt. 100 and West Moyer Road, Gilbertsville - On or about May 3, 2019, employees were climbing an extension ladder that was set at where the ladder's base was not approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 343982377.
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