OSHA Inspection: PRECISE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3901.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to establish criteria for protecting employees from fall from heights and struck by hazards.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not maintain jobsite inspections, that were performed by a person competent to ensure that employees were not exposed to fall hazards or struck-by hazards, during construction operations.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3901.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:   On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that employees working in an aerial lift had received training in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions.  Employees were working in the basket of JLG aerial lifts to perform structural steel erection.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold (including scissor lifts) 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:   On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that employees working in a scissor lift had received training in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions.  Employees were working in JLG scissor lift to perform structural steel erection.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5461.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(iv): Employee(s) working in an aerial lift were not standing firmly on the floor of the basket:  On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that employees working in an aerial lift were standing on the floor of the basket.  Employees were standing on and climbing up the guardrails of the JLG E300AJ Boom Lift, while performing structural steel construction.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5461.00 · Current $3823.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(v): A lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:  On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that employees working in an aerial lift connected into the boom or basket by use of a fall protection lanyard.  Employees to the hazard of falling when:  A.  At the outside corner of the building, two (2) employees were working in the basket of a JLG 340AJ aerial lift and where not connected by use of a lanyard.    B.  At the inside corner of the building, three (3) employees were working in the basket of a JLG 600SJ aerial lift and were not connected by use of a lanyard.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3901.00 · Current $2731.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(vi): Boom and basket load limits specified by the manufacturer were exceeded:   On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that basket load limits were not exceeded for employees working in a JLG 600SJ Boom Lift.  Three (3) employees were in the basket of a JLG 600SJ Boom Lift and the manufacturer's load limit was two (2) people.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5461.00 · Current $3823.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1):  Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who was on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems:  On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from fall hazards when:  A.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately thirty-two (32) feet while performing structural steel construction.  Four (4) employees were exposed to fall hazards while they were working on a leading edge to construct roof decking and no fall protection was being used.    B.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to sixteen (16) feet while performing structural steel construction.  Two (2) employees were exposed to fall hazards while they were working on a metal platform and no fall protection was being used.    C.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately twenty-seven (27) feet while performing structural steel construction.  One (1) employee was exposed to fall hazards while working on the roof of the building to secure vertical sheeting and no fall protection was being used.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3901.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.761(b): The employer did not train each employee exposed to a fall hazard in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.761:   On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that employees performing structural steel erection had received training.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while performing structural steel erection.

Issued

2021-06-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6242.00 · Current $4369.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    On or about 03/03/2021, the employer did not ensure that head protective equipment was used when workers were exposed to impact hazards of falling material and/or tools.    Precise Construction Services, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1322344, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/11/2018, with respect to a workplace located at Kinney Blvd, Salem, IL  62881.