OSHA Inspection: CHUMA'S SIDING LLC

Issued

Oct 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  Building Exterior-Front: Employees were exposed to eye and face injuries while removing siding and Sheet metal from the front of the façade, on or about 10/10/2019.

Issued

Oct 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:   a) Building Exterior-Front: An employee was using pump jack scaffold that was not provided with a point of access, on or about 10/10/2019

Issued

Oct 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.  a) Building exterior-front: An employee was exposed to an electrical hazard while working in close proximity of a power line, from a Pump jack scaffold that was about 4 inches from the power line, on or about 10/10/2019.

Issued

Oct 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  a) Building Exterior-Northwest: An employee was exposed to a 6 foot fall hazard while standing on the last step of a step ladder, on or about 10/10/2019.