OSHA Inspection: AISEL HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a. On or about October 25, 2019, located at 34 Miami Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, the employer did not initiate and maintain safety and health programs for employees performing residential construction work at heights and near live electrical.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  a. On or about October 25, 2019, located at 34 Miami Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, the employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable for employees performing residential construction work at heights.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.  a. On or about October 25, 2019, employees were working from an aluminum pump jack scaffold that had one of its pole legs that was approximately two feet from a live electrical power circuit from the service drop to the residential building. The employer did not deenergize and ground the circuit or guard it with effective means of insulation, thereby exposing the employees to an electrical shock of 240 vac.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.      a. On or about October 25, 2019, located at 34 Miami Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, employees were working from pump jack scaffolds with its poles resting on footings that did not prevent settling or displacement, thereby exposing the employees to 18 foot fall hazards.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall be plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement.  a. On or about October 25, 2019, located at 34 Miami Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, employees were working a pump jack scaffold without its vertical poles plumb, thereby exposing the employees to a scaffold collapse and fall hazard of 18 feet.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers. Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part.  a. On or about October 25, 2019, located at 34 Miami Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, employees were working from a pump jack scaffold without a complete guardrail system between two pump jack scaffolds, midrails on each pump jack and no end rails, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles shall be secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary. When the pump jack has to pass bracing already installed, an additional brace shall be installed approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) above the brace to be passed, and shall be left in place until the pump jack has been moved and the original brace reinstalled.  a. On or about October 25, 2019, located at 34 Miami Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, employees were working from a pump jack scaffold that was not secured to the bottom of the structure or had any other means to prevent the poles from being moved, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards of a scaffold collapse and fall hazards up to 18 feet.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,892

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.   a. On or about October 25, 2019, located at 34 Miami Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, employees used an extension ladder to access to and from a pump jack scaffold. The ladder did not extend at least three feet above the scaffold's platform exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet.