OSHA Inspection: PRIMOS GC AND CARPENTRY

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $2000.00 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, or from electrical shock and burns:  The employer is failing protect employees exposed to struck by hazards associated with lifting objects overhead. This was most recently was documented on or about October 7, 2020 at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska.  Employees were observed working beneath a truss lifted overhead while framing a residential structure.

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(1)(iii): Flexible cords shall be used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:   The employer is failing to ensure that all employees are not exposed to electrical shock hazards while utilizing extension cords attached to power tools. This was most recently documented on or about October 7, 2020 at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska. An extension cord was modified to supply power to tools using receptacles for permanent wiring resulting in exposure to live conductors.

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:   The employer is failing to ensure that all employees are not exposed to electrical shock hazards while utilizing extension cords attached to power tools. This was most recently documented on or about October 7, 2020 at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska. The employees were utilizing an electrical extension cord where the strain relief device had pulled away from the cord.

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1):  Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were not removed from service:   The employer is failing to ensure that all employees are not exposed to electrical shock hazards while utilizing extension cords attached to power tools. This was most recently documented on or about October 7, 2020 at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska. Extension cords utilized by employees had sections of insulation that were damaged/worn through exposing the conductors within.

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards when framing a residential structure. This was most recently documented on or about October 7, 2020 at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska when employees were observed framing on a residential structure without fall protection.  The employees where framing while working at a height of approximately 13 feet 2 inches measured from the ground to eave without fall protection.

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1):The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  The employer is failing to train all employees that were potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards associated with the type of work being accomplished. This was most recently documented on or about October 7, 2020 at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): The employer is exposing employees to fall hazards where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with using ladders during residential construction. This was most recently documented on or about October 7, 2020 at a residential construction jobsite located at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska. The ladder used by the employees to access the upper landing surface of the residence was extended to a point approximately two feet below the top of the wall.

Issued

2020-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a):The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  The employer is failing to train all employees that were exposed to fall hazards. This was most recently documented on or about October 7, 2020 at 10210 Starlight Bay, Lincoln, Nebraska.  Each employee was not trained to recognize the hazards associated with working from heights.