OSHA Inspection: MH CARPENTRY, INC.

Issued

Jun 2, 2020

Abate by

Jul 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $325 · Current $325

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   MH Carpentry, Inc., failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:   Citation Number            Item Number                    Abatement Date  01                                01                                   04/09/2020  01                                02                                   03/13/2020  01                                03                                   04/09/2020  02                                01                                   03/13/2020  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Apr 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer safety and health program did not provide for frequent and regular inspections of job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person(s) designated by the employer:  a) On February 3, 2020, the employer did not ensure that it provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment by a competent person, thereby exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,181 · Current $3,181

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment was not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:    a) On February 3, 2020, employees were using pneumatic nail guns and handheld reciprocating saws without protective eye equipment while performing residential framing and carpentry work.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Apr 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,181 · Current $3,181

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards, to enable each employee to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a) On February 3, 2020, an employee was exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately 21.5 feet while performing residential framing and 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 these hazards.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,906 · Current $8,906

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(b):    a) On February 3, 2020, employees were performing residential framing and carpentry work without fall protection, exposing the employees to fall hazards up to approximately 21.5 feet.  MH Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1393966, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on July 29, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 444 Woodland Chase, Vernon Hills, IL 60061.