OSHA Inspection: S & S DEVELOPERS, LTD.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $1,580 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not have a plan or a program to identify job site hazards that would assist employees in maintaining a safe working environment. Such programs would support the employer and employees in identifying and avoiding potential hazards such as, but not limited to, falls during job site operations.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees were adequately trained in the appropriate use of fall protection such as, but not limited to, the use of personal fall arrest systems, or alternative measures of fall protection while conducting wood framing activities atop the one story residential structure. Employees were exposed to approximately 9 feet fall hazard from the roof of the structure to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,010 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees were using appropriate eye protection such as, but not limited to, safety glasses while conducting construction work with equipment such as, but not limited to, a pneumatic nail gun. Employees were exposed to the hazards that could result in eye injuries.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from hazards that could result in a head injury. Employees were not using protective hard hats while working below employees who were conducting framing work above. Employees were exposed to potential impact injuries caused by falling materials and/or equipment.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $1,705 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that only specifically designed equipment was used to support the scaffold platform used by the employees while conducting construction activities. The employer utilized the Caterpillar Backhoe Loader (Model 420E) to support the scaffold platform. Employees were exposed to approximately 9 feet fall hazard from the platform to the ground below and to the crushing hazards.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): The employer used forklifts  to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the fork and that the forklift was not moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold platform, supported by the Caterpillar Backhoe Loader (Model 420E), and from which the employees were conducting construction activities, was secured to the supporting forks. The employees, conducting framing work from the elevated platform, were exposed to approximately 9 feet fall hazard from the platform to the ground below and to the crushing hazards.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees, working from the scaffold platform while conducting construction activities, were adequately trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of the scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The scaffold platform was supported by the Caterpillar Backhoe Loader (Model 420E) and was not secured to the supporting forks. Employees were exposed to approximately 9 feet fall hazard from the platform to the ground below and to the crushing hazards.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(iv): Employee(s) working in an aerial lift were not standing firmly on the floor of the basket:  A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 15, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees stood firmly on the floor of the aerial lifts basket and did not step on the edge of the baskets toe board. The exposed employee stepped on the toe board of the JLG aerial lift (Model 30GT) and leaned over the top rail of the basket in order to use a pneumatic nail gun while conducting framing activities. The employee was exposed to approximately 11 feet fall hazard from the basket of the JLG aerial lift to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 15, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees, operating the JLG aerial lift (Model 30GT), were adequately protected from fall hazards.  The exposed employees were not tied off to the basket of the aerial lift while it was in use. Employees were exposed to approximately 9 feet fall hazard to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $0 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)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from fall hazards while conducting wood framing activities atop the one story residential structure. Employees were exposed to approximately 9 feet fall hazard from the roof of the structure to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $1,705 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that the Werner extension ladder, used to access the scaffold platform, supported by the Caterpillar Backhoe Loader (Model 420E), was extended at least three feet above the landing surface. The employees were exposed to approximately 9 feet fall hazard when using the ladder to access the scaffold platform in order to conduct construction activities.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees did not stand on or above the top two rungs/steps of the 8-foot Werner stepladder. Employees used the ladder to access the roof of the one story residential structure.  Employees were exposed to approximately 8 feet fall hazard due to improper use of the ladder.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   A)     S & S Developers, Ltd., conducting work at 933 Autumn Avenue, Carey, OH 43316: On or about July 16, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees, using the 8-foot Werner stepladder to access the roof of the one story residential structure and the Werner extension ladder used to access the scaffold platform, were adequately trained to recognize the hazards associated with the ladders use and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Employees were exposed to the fall hazards of up to 9 feet due to improper use of the ladders.