OSHA Inspection: JOHN B. ANDERSON, INC.

Issued

2020-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2834.00 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 condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:    a) Jobsite located at 1006 North 5th Avenue Philadelphia, PA.: The employer did not provide training that allowed employees to recognize, evaluate and mitigate hazards associated with working at heights adjacent to 13.kV live power lines.    Condition was noted to exist on or about 15 AUG 2019.

Issued

2020-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-30 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 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) Jobsite located at 1006 North 5th Avenue Philadelphia, PA.: Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards when carrying items such as but not limited to a 10 foot aluminum flashing adjacent to a 13.2kV live power line without training to mitigate the hazard.    Documented to occur on or about 15 AUG 2019.

Issued

2020-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $13494.00 · Current $9446.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit:    a) Jobsite located at 1006 North 5th Avenue Philadelphia, PA.:  The employer did not ensure that employees and tools/equipment were prevented from coming into contact with a 13.2kV live electrical line, thus exposing employees to electrical shock hazards.     Documented to occur on or about 15 AUG 2019.

Issued

2020-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): An employee shall not carry any object or load that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall, or get shocked, or electrocuted:  a) Jobsite located at 1006 North 5th Avenue Philadelphia, PA.: Employees were carrying equipment and materials such as a self-supporting aluminum ladder up another ladder approximately 42 feet from the ground, and adjacent to a 220 volt live electrical service line exposing them to fall and electrical hazards.  b) Jobsite located at 1006 North 5th Avenue Philadelphia, PA.: Employees were carrying equipment and materials such as a 10 foot long piece of aluminum flashing up a ladder approximately 42 feet from the ground, and adjacent to a 13.2kV live electrical line exposing them to fall and electrical hazards.    Documented to occur on or about 15 AUG 2019.

Issued

2020-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2834.00 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) Jobsite located at 1006 North 5th Avenue Philadelphia, PA.: Employees working on the roof of a residential building were not provided fall protection; thus exposing employees to falls of approximately 42 feet.    Condition observed on or about 15 AUG 2019.

Issued

2020-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2834.00 Reduced

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) Jobsite located at 1006 North 5th Avenue Philadelphia, PA.: Employees working on the roof of a residential building were working without fall protection or training; thus exposing employees of falls of approximately 42 feet.    Documented to occur on or about 15 AUG 2019.