OSHA Inspection: DOMINGUEZ & SONS CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2019-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a) 226 Pittston Avenue, Scranton, PA: An employee was observed working on the ground cleaning roofing debris and was not protected by a protective helmet while working in areas where there was a possible danger of a head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, on or about September 25, 2019.    CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION  CERTIFICATION NOT REQUIRED

Issued

2019-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii): On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupters for personal protection.    a) 226 Pittston Avenue, Scranton, PA: Employees were utilizing an Skilsaw electric circular saw connected to an extension cord that was plugged into a receptacle in the rear of a residential structure without an approved ground fault circuit interrupter for employee personal protection, on or about September 25, 2019.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $3126.00

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) 226 Pittston Avenue, Scranton, PA:  Employees were not protected from falling while performing roofing construction activities from the platform of a ladder jack scaffold, exposing employees to a nineteen (19) foot fall hazard, observed on or about September 25, 2019.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2019-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  a) 226 Pittston Avenue, Scranton, PA: Employees working from the platform on a ladder jack scaffold which was approximately 18 feet above the ground without an adequate means of access, on or about September 25, 2019.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms shall not be bridged one to another:  a) 226 Pittston, Avenue, Scranton, PA: An employee performed work from the platform of a ladder jack scaffold that overlapped another scaffold plank which exposed the employee to a fall of approximately 18 feet, on or about September 25, 2019.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.