OSHA Inspection: CHIMA GENERAL CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)    Site- Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where the employer did not provide a competent person to conduct frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite.

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 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:    Site- Employees working from the ground were not protected from over head struck by hazards where head protection was not worn.

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    Site- Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were not protected from eye injuries where eye protection was not required to be worn.

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1421.00 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):     Site- Employees working from the roof were not protected from a fall of approximately 25 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 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:    Site- Each employee exposed to a fall hazard was not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 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:    Site- Employees accessing the roof from an aluminum extension ladder were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder was placed on the gable end of the roof and the top of the ladder extended approximately 12 inches on one side of the ladder and 20 inches on the other side of the ladder.

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(10): The tops of a non-self-supporting ladder with more than one support attachment were not placed with the two rails supported equally:    Site- Employees accessing the roof from an aluminum extension ladder were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder was placed on the gable end of the roof and the top of the ladder was not supported equally due to the slope of the roof.