OSHA Inspection: KINGWOOD CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1136.00 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:    (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; An employee was performing work on ground level within close proximity to falling object hazards without the use of a protective helmet.

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1990.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person and were not constructed and loaded in accordance with that design:    (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; An employee was performing work from a scaffold system that presented hazards associated with the scaffold's design and construction, including: Incomplete decking, improper planking, missing base plates and mud sills, and inadequate fall protection.

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; A prefabricated supported scaffold, utilized to install exterior siding on a residential structure, was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; An employee was performing work from an unsecured 12 inch wide by 24 foot long aluminum platform unit spanning two separate prefabricated supported scaffold structures.

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; A prefabricated supported scaffold, utilized to install exterior siding on a residential structure, did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; An employee was performing work from an unprotected scaffold greater than 10 feet above ground without adequate fall protection.

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1136.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; On or about September 5, 2019, employee(s) were performing work from the basket of an aerial lift without the use of personal fall protection.

Issued

2019-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  (a) 4422 Twin Oaks Court Eau Claire, WI; The employer had not adequately trained employee(s) on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions at construction sites.