OSHA Inspection: DALLAS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC.

Issued

2020-01-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2429.00 Reduced

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:      a) Exterior: Employees were exposed to head injuries while engaged in demolition activities from a boom lift without the use of hard hats or protective helmet, on or about 11/22/2019.    b) Exterior: Employees were exposed to head injuries while engaged in demolition activities from a scissor lift without the use of hard hats or protective helmet, on or about 11/22/2019.

Issued

2020-01-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $2082.00 Reduced

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.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while torch cutting steel with improper eye and face protection. Employees were not protected with the right torch cutting safety glasses, on or about 11/22/2019

Issued

2020-01-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2429.00 Reduced

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) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet while missing part of the mid rail of a scissor lift while torch cutting steel, on or about 11/18/2019.

Issued

2020-01-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2429.00 Reduced

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 aerial lift being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  (a) Building Exterior: Employees working from a scissor lift were not trained in the recognition and avoidance of hazards associated with scissor lift usage, on or about 11/22/2019.