OSHA Inspection: OPTION ONE CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 15, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,500 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:   Site- Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  Site- Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were not protected from eye injuries where the employer did require the wearing of eye protection.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,000 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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   Site- Employees working from the roof were not protected from fall of approximately 18 feet where fall protection was not utilized by each employee.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): 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:   Site- Employees using an aluminum extension ladder to access the roof were not protected from fall hazard where the ladder did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 15, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:   Site- Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where the employer did not provide for frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite conducted by a competent person.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(15): Anchorage points used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment were not  independent of any anchorage point being used to support or suspend platforms and capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee   Site- An employee using a personal fall arrest system was not protected from a fall hazard where the anchor point was not installed as required and not capable of supporting 5,000 pounds.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:   Site- An employee using a personal fall arrest system was not protected from a fall hazard where the employee was several feet laterally away from their anchor point and had several feet of slack in their vertical life line creating a free fall hazard greater that 6 feet.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(19): Personal fall arrest systems and components subjected to impact loading were not immediately removed from service and/or were reused before they were inspected by a competent person and determined to be suitable for reuse:   Site- An employee using a personal fall arrest system was not protected from a fall hazard where the integral deceleration device in their vertical lifeline had been deployed and not taken out of service.

Issued

Jun 25, 2021

Abate by

Jul 15, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $0 Reduced

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:    Site- Employees exposed to a fall hazard while working from the roof with no fall protection or inadequate fall protection where not provided with fall protection training from the employer.