OSHA Inspection: WJP BUILDERS CORP

Issued

Jun 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,241 · Current $2,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing hazards.)    a) Jobsite:     The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person. On or about 01/15/2020.

Issued

Jun 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,241 · Current $2,123 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.     a) Exterior supported scaffold:     Employees were working from a 3rd tier scaffold platform on a 3-tier-high supported scaffold. The scaffold platform was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports. On or about 01/15/2020.

Issued

Jun 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $3,819 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.     a) Exterior supported scaffold, scaffold leg at building front yard:     Employees were working from a 3rd tier scaffold platform on a 3-tier-high supported scaffold. A scaffold leg did not bear on firm foundation, and was bearing on a wood plank with nothing supporting it from underneath. On or about 01/15/2020.     b) Exterior supported scaffold, scaffold leg at building front entrance:     Employees were working from a 3rd tier scaffold platform on a 3-tier-high supported scaffold. A scaffold leg did not bear on firm foundation, and was not supported at all. On or about 01/15/2020.

Issued

Jun 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $3,819 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.     a) Exterior supported scaffold:     Employees were working from a scaffold platform without fall protection, and were exposed to falling approximately 2 stories to ground. On or about 01/15/2020.

Issued

Jun 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $3,819 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet(1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure.     a) Building roof:     Employees were working at the edge of the roof without fall protection, and were exposed to falling approximately 2 stories to ground. On or about 01/15/2020.