OSHA Inspection: AGILE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.  Site - Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where employer did not provide for a competent person to conduct inspections of the worksite.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Site - Employees were working from a wood pole scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where employer did not provide for a competent person to inspection the scaffold prior to the employees working from the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Site - Employees were working from a wood pole scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where employer did not provide for a competent person to erect the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

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 - An employee working from the second floor underneath a wood pole scaffold was not protected from head injuries where head protection was not worn.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used 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.  Site - Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were not protected from eye injuries where eye protection was not worn.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not constructed in accordance with the design by a qualified person:  Site - Employees working from a wood pole scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where employer did not provide for a qualified person to design the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  Site - Employees were working from a double wood pole scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where the work platform consisted of single width 2x8 inch and 2x10 inch wood planks.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(2): Crossbracing was not installed between the inner and outer sets of poles on double pole scaffolds:   Site - Employees working from a double wood pole scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where cross bracing was not installed between the inner and outer sets of wood poles.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(4): Diagonal bracing in both directions were not installed across the entire outside face of all double- and single-pole scaffolds.  Site - Employees working from a double wood pole scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where diagonal bracing was not installed in both directions across the entire outside face of the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(7): Runners did not extend over a minimum of two poles.  Site- Employees working from a double wood pole scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where runners were not installed along any portions of the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  Site - Employees working from a wood pole scaffold were not protected from fall of approximately 14 feet where fall protection was not installed at all points along the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Jan 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  Site - Employees exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards while working from a wood pole scaffold were not provided with scaffold training from the employer.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Jan 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 - Employees exposed to fall hazards were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $5,304

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:  Site - Employees working from the second floor of the building were not protected from a fall of approximately 22 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  Site - Employees using an 8 foot Werner step ladder to access a wood pole scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  Site - Employees using an 8 foot Werner stepladder to access a wood pole scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where the top of the stepladder was used as a step.

Issued

Dec 13, 2019

Abate by

Dec 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,578 · Current $7,578

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail  Site - Employees working from the second floor were not protected from a trip hazard where a handrail was not installed in the stairway going to the second floor.  Agile Construction Services LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1386887, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on July 25, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 185 Epping Road, Exeter, NH 03833.