OSHA Inspection: CECIL COMPTON, LLC

Issued

2019-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4376.00 · Current $3063.00 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.      On or about May 22, 2019 at the worksite located at 4806 Castlio Court, Saint Charles, Missouri, the employer failed to ensure that safe access was provided to employee(s) in the following instances:    1. An employee was observed installing siding on a garage from an approximate 10.5 foot high ladder jack scaffold with the brackets supporting the platform at the north and south ends of the scaffold turned outward.  Access to and egress from the work platform required climbing over the bracket, which exposed the employee to a fall hazard.    2. An employee was observed accessing the roof of the garage to install a downspout on the side of the garage, using one of the support ladders for the ladder jacket scaffold.  Access to and egress from the roof using the support ladder required climbing over the bracket, which exposed the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6252.00 · Current $2188.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    On or about May 22, 2019 at the worksite located at 4806 Castlio Court, Saint Charles, Missouri, an employee for Cecil Compton Construction, was observed passing a downspout to an employee on the roof of the garage, while an employee installing siding on the garage from a ladder jack scaffold was working above him.  The employee was not wearing a hard hat to protect him from possible head injury from falling or flying objects from the roof and ladder jack scaffold.      Cecil Compton was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.100(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1277838, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on February 02, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 15248 Clayton Road, Ballwin, Missouri  63011.

Issued

2019-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $21879.00 · Current $3063.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system;    On or about May 22, 2019 at the worksite located at 4806 Castlio Court, Saint Charles, Missouri, employee(s) for Cecil Compton Construction, LLC were observed installing siding above the garage from a ladder jack scaffold without the use of fall protection.  The scaffold platform had a fall distance of approximately 10.5 feet to the ground below.    Cecil Compton Construction, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1277838, citation number 2, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on February 02, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 15248 Clayton Road, Ballwin, Missouri 63011.    Cecil Compton Construction, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1229579, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 1, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 503 Pecan Bluffs Court, Wentzville, Missouri 63385.

Issued

2019-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $21879.00 · Current $3063.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee 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 unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure.          On or about May 22, 2019, at the worksite located at 4906 Castlio Court, Saint Charles, Missouri 63304, an employee for Cecil Compton Construction, LLC was observed installing a downspout while on the roof of the garage without the protection of a guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.  The fall distance to the ground below was approximately 11 feet.      Cecil Compton Construction, LLC  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1277838, citation number 2, item number 1b,  and was as a final order on February 02, 2018 with respect to a workplace located at 15248 Clayton Road, Ballwin, Missouri 63011.      Cecil Compton Construction, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1229579, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on June 1, 2017 with respect to a workplace located at 503 Pecan Bluffs Court, Wentzville, Missouri 63385.

Issued

2019-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5683.00 · Current $1989.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:      On or about May 22, 2019, at the worksite located at 4806 Castlio Drive, Saint Charles, Missouri, an employee for Cecil Compton Construction, LLC was observed working backwards while using a portable, self-supporting, A-frame ladder to install gutters. The fall distance to the ground below was approximately 7.5 feet.     Cecil Compton, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1277838, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on February 02, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 15248 Clayton Road, Ballwin, Missouri  63011.