OSHA Inspection: DROMIN CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2022-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $384.00 · Current $384.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.   a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not maintain an accident prevention program to comply with the regulations of this part, which included, but were not limited to, employee protection when exposed to hazards related to residential construction.  Citation Number          Item Number           Abatement Date 01001a02/07/2022 01001b02/07/2022 01002a12/23/2021 01002b12/23/2021 01003a12/23/2021 01003b01/14/2022 0100412/23/2021 0200112/23/2021 0300102/07/2022 0300202/07/2022 0300302/07/2022

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2575.00 · Current $2575.00

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:  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not maintain an accident prevention program to comply with the regulations of this part, which included, but were not limited to, employee protection when exposed to hazards related to residential construction.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were not trained in the recognition of jobsite hazards, which included, but were not limited to, the hazards associated with residential construction.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3218.00 · Current $3218.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(v):  The employer used a forklift to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the fork and that the forklift was not moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, an employee performing residential carpentry operations from a scaffold plank supported on one end by an elevated work platform attached to the forks of a JLG 8042 SkyTrak Telehandler did not have the entire scaffold platform attached to the forks, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4):  Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, a six (6) foot A-Frame ladder was used to support one end of a scaffold plank, thereby exposing an employee performing residential carpentry operations to fall hazards.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3218.00 · Current $3218.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:  a.   On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, the scaffold used for residential carpentry operations was not erected by a competent person, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards and struck by hazards.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-01-14 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 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.  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing residential carpentry operations from a scaffold was not trained to recognize the hazards associated with scaffolding.  The employee was thereby exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3218.00 · Current $3218.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing residential carpentry operations was standing on the top step of a six (6) foot A-Frame  ladder, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $25745.00 · Current $25745.00

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):   a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing residential carpentry operations, approximately twelve (12) feet above ground, were not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(6):  The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer failed to keep a written certification record of training regarding the operation of a JLG 8042 SkyTrak Telehandler.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $361.00 · Current $361.00

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:  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing residential carpentry operations were not provided training on how to minimize fall hazards, thereby exposing the employees to hazards associated with falls.

Issued

2021-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $361.00 · Current $361.00

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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  a.  On or about July 27, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing residential carpentry operations from the top step of a 6-foot A-Frame ladder and using the ladder as a scaffold plank support was not trained to recognize the hazards related to ladders, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.