OSHA Inspection: JUSTIN ACTON

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $319.00 · Current $319.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1):  The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement was complete for any serious violation for which the Agency indicated in the citation that such abatement documentation was required:     On August 06, 2019, Justin Acton, was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through documents that each citation was abated.  Abatement documentation was not received for the following violations:        a.    Citation 1, Item 1a     b.    Citation 1, Item 1b     c.    Citation 1, Item 2a,     d.    Citation 1, Item 2b,     e.    Citation 1, Item 3a,     f.    Citation 1, Item 3b

Issued

2019-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1989.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  On or about June 10, 2019, Justin Acton dba Ross-Leemon Construction had an employee exposed to eye hazards while using pneumatic guns without eye protection, on a residential construction site in Westville, Illinois.   The employer did not provide employee safety training in order to provide the employees with the knowledge to recognize construction safety hazards, as well as the procedures to follow in order to minimize or eliminate those safety hazards.

Issued

2019-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(3): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses:    On or about June 10, 2019, Justin Acton dba Ross-Leemon Construction had an employee exposed to eye hazards while using pneumatic guns without eye protection, on a residential construction site in Westville, Illinois.    The employee was wearing prescription lenses, but the employer did not ensure that the employee wore eye protection that incorporated the prescription in its design or eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.

Issued

2019-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3410.00 · Current $2387.00 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):     On or about June 10, 2019, Justin Acton dba Ross-Leemon Construction had employees exposed to fall hazards of 8 feet, without fall protection, on a residential construction site in Westville, Illinois.

Issued

2019-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 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:  On or about June 10, 2019, Justin Acton dba Ross-Leemon Construction had employees exposed to fall hazards of 8 feet, without fall protection, on a residential construction site in Westville, Illinois.  The employer did not provide construction safety training to employees, in order to provide them with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards of falling and the safety requirements associated with fall protection, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate the fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1591.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:     On or about June 10, 2019, Justin Acton dba Ross-Leemon Construction had employees exposed to fall hazards of 8 feet, while accessing and exiting the roof via an extension ladder that only extended 1.5 feet above the upper landing surface of the roof, on a residential construction site in Westville, Illinois.

Issued

2019-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:      On or about June 10, 2019, Justin Acton dba Ross-Leemon Construction had employees exposed to fall hazards of 8 feet, while accessing and exiting the roof via an extension ladder that only extended 1.5 feet above the upper landing surface of the roof, on a residential construction site in Westville, Illinois.   The employer did not provide construction safety training to employees, in order to provide them with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards related to ladders, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate theses hazards.  This training would include:    a.         The nature of fall hazards in the work area,  b.         The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems to be used, c.         The proper construction use, placement, and care in handling of all ladders, d.         The maximum intended load carrying capacities of ladders, and  e.         The standards contained in this subpart, Subpart X  Stairways and Ladders.