OSHA Inspection: COLAIANNI CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:    (a) Moundsville Middle School Field House - On or about 8/22/19, Debris such as concrete blocks, scrap lumber, and refuse were not kept clear from passageways and around the building, exposing employees to tripping hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,956 · Current $5,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    (a) Moundsville Middle School Field House - On or about 8/22/19, Employees were performing bricklaying from a fabricated frame scaffold which was not fully decked, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,956 · Current $5,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    (a) Moundsville Middle School Field House - On or about 8/22/19, Employees were using a fabricated frame scaffold in which the base plate was displaced from its mud sill, exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,956 · Current $5,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:    (a) Moundsville Middle School Field House - On or about 8/22/19, Employees were performing bricklaying from a fabricated frame scaffold which was missing a cross brace, exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,956 · Current $5,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.      (a) Moundsville Middle School Field House - On or about 8/22/19, Employees were using a job-made ladder which did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing area to access a scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $15,912 · Current $5,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.      (a) Moundsville Middle School Field House - On or about 8/22/19, Employees performing roofing work on a low-sloped roof were not protected from falling on all unprotected sides and edges, exposing employees to falls of 11 ft.    Colaianni Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent occupational safety and health standard (29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 1171126, Citation Number 1, Item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/6/16, with respect to a workplace located at Cabin Dr, Moundsville, WV.