OSHA Inspection: SB CRUZ CONSTRUCTION

Issued

May 11, 2021

Abate by

May 21, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $5,461

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1):It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a) SB Cruz Construction, at a jobsite located at 2197 Whitehill Drive, Lot 2608, Delaware, Ohio 43015: On and/or preceding April 7, 2021, the employer did not maintain a safety and health program such as but not limited to a scaffolding safety program and fall protection program to ensure detection and correction of hazards during construction activities.

Issued

May 11, 2021

Abate by

May 21, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):"Residential construction." 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) SB Cruz Construction, at a jobsite located at 2197 Whitehill Drive, Lot 2608, Delaware, Ohio 43015: On and/or preceding April 7, 2021, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from falls while engaged in residential construction activities. An employee was working from the front porch roof. The employee was not protected from falls by any means, thereby exposed to a 12 foot fall hazard.

Issued

May 11, 2021

Abate by

May 21, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $5,461

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2):The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  a) SB Cruz Construction, at a jobsite located at 2197 Whitehill Drive, Lot 2608, Delaware, Ohio 43015: On and/or preceding April 7, 2021, the employer failed to train employees on the hazards found on the worksite or the procedures to control or eliminate the hazards for employees conducting framing work.

Issued

May 11, 2021

Abate by

May 21, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2):Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  a) SB Cruz Construction, at a jobsite located at 2197 Whitehill Drive, Lot 2608, Delaware, Ohio 43015: On and/or preceding April 7, 2021, the employer did not ensure the upright members of a mobile scaffold were placed on mud sills or other adequate firm foundation. Employees were working from an the elevated scaffold platform of a pump jack scaffold where the poles were placed on scrap pieces of OSB and lumber, thereby being exposed to fall hazards of up to 23 feet.

Issued

May 11, 2021

Abate by

May 21, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.  a) SB Cruz Construction, at a jobsite located at 2197 Whitehill Drive, Lot 2608, Delaware, Ohio 43015: On and/or preceding April 7, 2021, the employer did not ensure that employees engaged in work from a pump jack scaffold were protected from falls to a lower level. Employees were installing trim and siding to the second story while working from pump jack scaffolds without safety nets installed, safety nets correctly installed, or end rails installed, which exposed them to falls up to 23 feet.