OSHA Inspection: SABALA CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,181 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects:         a) On January 14, 2020, employees working on the ground were not wearing protective helmets when there was a possibility of a head injury occurring from falling material, tools, and debris.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Abate by

Feb 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $2,257 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  Safe access was not provided to scaffold platforms when the platforms were more than 2 feet above or below the point of access:    a)  On January 16, 2020, employees accessed wooden pole scaffold platform approximately 13.6 feet above the lower level by climbing the wooden framing of the second story of the home.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,362 · Current $3,181 Reduced

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.    a) On January 14, 2020, employees were using pneumatic nail guns without protective eye equipment while performing carpentry work.    Sabala Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1127193, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 5, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 714 S. Vine St., Hinsdale, IL 60521

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Abate by

Feb 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,906 · Current $6,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:         a)  On January 14, 2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13.6 feet from the second floor deck while performing framing carpentry work.    b)  On January 16, 2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13.6 feet from the second floor deck while performing framing carpentry work.     Sabala Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1127193, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 5, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 714 S. Vine St., Hinsdale, IL 60521.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Abate by

Mar 5, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,362 · Current $3,181 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:     a)  On or about January 16, 2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing carpentry work and the employer did not provide a training program to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize those hazards    Sabala Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1127193, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 5, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 714 S. Vine, Hinsdale, IL 60521.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Abate by

Feb 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,362 · Current $3,181 Reduced

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:      a)  On January 16, 2020, the employer provided an aluminum ladder used by employees to gain access to the wooden pole scaffolding and did not have the side rails extended at least 3 feet above the surface.    Sabala Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1127193, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 5, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 714 S. Vine St., Hinsdale, IL 60521.