OSHA Inspection: SCHENENDOAH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Issued

2019-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(a)(2): A grounded conductor was attached to a terminal or lead so as to reverse designated polarity:    a) East side of home, back, on or about 5-8-19:  One employee was using a hand held circular saw/extension cord connected to a receptacle that exhibited an "open hot" due to improper or damaged internal wiring.

Issued

2019-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii): On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupters for personal protection:    a) East side of home, back, on or about 5-8-19:  One employee was using a hand held circular saw/extension cord connected to a receptacle that was not protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI).

Issued

2019-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Where the employer made a demonstration that a space wider than 1 inch was necessary between adjacent plank units and the platform and uprights, the platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible:    a) West side of home, southwest corner, on or about 5-8-19:  One employee was dismantling a masonry chimney while working on a scaffold platform that was not fully planked, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet 8 inches.

Issued

2019-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    a) West side of home, southwest corner, on or about 5-8-19:  One employee was dismantling a masonry chimney while working on a scaffold system, without fall protection, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of 20 feet 8 inches.

Issued

2019-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) West side of home, southwest corner, on or about 5-8-19:  One employee was dismantling a masonry chimney while working on a scaffold system that did not have mud sills under the base plates of the scaffold legs , exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet 8 inches.

Issued

2019-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $250.00 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) Entire roof, on or about 5-8-19:  Four employees were working on a sloped roof (6:12 pitch), and were not protected from falls, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet 6 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2019-06-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Entire roof, on or about 3-12-19:  Four employees were performing roofing work on a sloped roof (6:12 pitch), without the training necessary for the employees to recognize the hazards associated with falls and their work, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet 6 inches.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM