OSHA Inspection: GEOFFREY H. RICHON, CO. INC.

Issued

Sep 14, 2021

Abate by

Sep 22, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,048 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs that provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)  Jobsite:  The employer did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the worksite to ensure workers were not exposed to puncture, fall, and scaffold hazards.

Issued

Sep 14, 2021

Abate by

Sep 20, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,048 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):   Jobsite:    1)Employees were not protected from falls to lower levels when walking/working near an unguarded stair opening.  2) Employees were not protected from falls to the ground when walking/working near unguarded window openings.

Issued

Sep 14, 2021

Abate by

Oct 8, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $878 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold 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.  Jobsite:  Employees working from the elevated platforms of carpenter bracket and pump-jack scaffolds were not trained to recognize the hazards related to these scaffolds nor the procedures to control or minimize them.

Issued

Sep 14, 2021

Abate by

Oct 8, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Jobsite: Employees, walking/working on the second floor of the home addition and exposed to falling through the unguarded window and stair openings, were not trained in the recognition of fall hazards or the procedures to minimize and/or control them.