OSHA Inspection: TCS CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm):    The employer is failing to ensure that each employee working on a pump jack was protected from falling. This was most recently documented on or about October 24, 2019 at a residential construction site located at 11651 142nd Street, Waverly, NE 68462. The employer did not utilize a working platform that extended at least six inches past the centerline of it support on a pump jack.

Issued

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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:    The employer is failing to ensure that each employee working a pump jack were protected from fall hazards. This was most recently documented on or about October 24, 2019 at a residential construction site located at 11651 142nd Street, Waverly, NE 68462. The employer had utilized 3/4 inch boards as mudsills for both legs causing the legs to sink into the ground.

Issued

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:    The employer is failing to ensure that each employee working on a jump jack were protected from falling when accessing the working level. This was most recently documented on or about October 24, 2019 at a residential construction site located at 11651 142nd Street, Waverly, NE 68462. The employer had not provided a proper  means of access. Employees moved from the end of the pump jack platform to the peak of the roof using a plank.

Issued

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

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:    The employer is failing to ensure that each employee working on a pump jack more than 10 feet above a lower level while performing siding operations was protected from falling. This was most recently documented on or about October 24, 2019 at a residential construction site located at 11651 142nd Street, Waverly, NE 68462. The employer had not protected all outside edges of the platform with guard rails nor were employees utilizing a personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2): The employer did not have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds:    The employer is failing provide a competent person exposing employees to fall hazards.  This was most recently documented on or about October 24, 2019 at a residential construction site located at 11651 142nd Street, Waverly, NE 68462. A competent person could have identified the multiple visible defects of a pump jack and corrected them before employees began working.

Issued

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3000.00 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:    The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards when conducting siding operations on the roof of a residential structure. This was most recently documented on or about October 24, 2019 at a residential construction site located at 11651 142nd Street, Waverly, NE 68462 when employees were observed installing siding while on a residential structure's roof while working at greater than 6 feet above the ground without fall protection.

Issued

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · 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:    The employer is failing to provide fall hazard recognition training to employees exposed to fall hazards during residential construction. This was most recently documented on or about October 24, 2019 at a residential construction site located at 11651 142nd Street, Waverly, NE 68462.  The employer has inadequately trained employees who were installing siding while on a roof at heights greater than six feet without the use of fall protection.