OSHA Inspection: JAV CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $3470.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1)(iii):  Examination. The employer shall ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees. Safety of equipment shall be determined on the basis of the following considerations:  Electrical insulation.  At a worksite located at 27203 Oakhaven Drive, Lake Lotawana, MO, employees engaged in residential framing work were exposed to electric shock and burn hazards when the employer did not ensure that electrical equipment was free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees.  Safety of equipment was not determined on the basis of electrical insulation on the following pieces of equipment:  1. One Milwaukee reciprocating saw.  Damaged at the mid way part of cord and near the base of the tool, electrical insulation missing.  2. One Skilsaw circular saw.  Damaged at the mid way part of the cord, electrical insulation missing.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not constructed in accordance with the design by a qualified person    At a worksite located at 27203 Oakhaven Drive, Lake Lotawana, MO, employees engaged in residential framing work were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet to the lower level.  These employees were not protected by any means of fall protection.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    At a worksite located at 27203 Oakhaven Drive, Lake Lotawana, MO, employees engaged in residential framing work were exposed to fall hazards when a job made scaffold was not provided with any form of access.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  At a worksite located at 27203 Oakhaven Drive, Lake Lotawana, MO, employees engaged in residential framing work were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet to the lower level.  These employees were not protected by any means of fall protection.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed  At a worksite located at 27203 Oakhaven Drive, Lake Lotawana, MO, employees engaged in residential framing work were exposed to fall hazards when a step ladder was used for a purpose other than which it was designed.  An employee was standing on a step ladder in a folded configuration which was leaned against the exterior of the building.