OSHA Inspection: NEWBROOK LP

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020 at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not have a plan or program to identify job site hazards which assists employees in maintaining a safe working environment. Such programs would support the employer and employees in identifying and avoiding potential hazards, such as falls during sheathing operations.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020, at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not ensure that employees working from the scaffolding platform were trained by a qualified person to recognize and avoid hazards specifically associated with this type of scaffolding, such as fall protection requirements while working from an elevated scaffolding platform.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020, at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not ensure that a fall protection training program was in place for employees that were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet on the residential structure.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020, at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not ensure the scaffolding platform (fabricated from OSB board) used for employees as a working surface, was designed by a qualified person. Employees were installing sheathing material to the roof of the structure and was exposed to a maximum fall of approximately 18 feet.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020 at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer failed to ensure the 12 in. wide working platform constructed from OSB, in which employees were working from, while securing sheathing to the structure, was of sufficient width. Two employees were exposed to a potential fall of up to 18 feet to the level below.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020 at the location of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer failed to ensure the employer fabricated scaffolding platform, which employees were working from, extended no more than 18 inches beyond the supporting structure. Employees performing roofing and framing work from the elevated platform were exposed to falls of approximately 18 feet.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 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 above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020 at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not ensure that five employees were protected from falls while working from scaffolding. The employees were exposed to a potential 18 foot fall to the level below, while framing and sheathing the residential structure.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020 at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not ensure a means of access was provided for employees working from a scaffolding platform 18 feet above the level below. Employees were accessing the scaffolding platform without proper ladder access to the working level.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,545 · Current $2,545

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not 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.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020, at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not ensure that the employee operating the nail gun during sheathing work wore eye protection to protect employees from flying objects hazards. Employees were observed attaching sheathing to the framing of the residential structure with a nail gun without the benefit of any type of eye protection.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $44,529 · Current $44,529

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501.  Newbrook LP on or about February 03, 2020 at the address of 1559 Falcon Cove Rd., Waterville, OH: The employer did not ensure employees were protected from falls while working approximately 20 feet above the lower level. Employees were observed sheathing roughly an 8/12 pitched roof without the benefit of any type of fall protection.