OSHA Inspection: VALLEYWOOD HOMES, LLC

Issued

Jan 21, 2022

Abate by

Feb 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,916 · Current $3,916

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided:   On July 30, 2021, employees were mixing and applying Portland Cement, without the use of personal protective equipment to protect extremities from skin irritations.

Issued

Jan 21, 2022

Abate by

Feb 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,916 · Current $3,916

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  On July 30, 2021, employees who were working below employees engaged in masonry construction were not wearing hard hats. This condition exposed employees to struck by injuries.

Issued

Jan 21, 2022

Abate by

Feb 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,916 · Current $3,916

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:  On July 30, 2021, the working platform of the scaffold was not fully planked. This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falling in excess of 20-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 21, 2022

Abate by

Feb 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  On July, 30, 2021, employees engaged in masonry work accessed working platforms of the scaffold  in excess of 20-feet from the ground below by climbing the scaffold crossbracing. This condition exposed employees to a fall from heights hazard.

Issued

Jan 21, 2022

Abate by

Feb 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,916 · Current $3,916

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On July 30, 2021, employees engaged in masonry construction, were exposed to fall from height hazards of greater than 10 feet, due to scaffold legs resting on the ground instead of mud sills.

Issued

Jan 21, 2022

Abate by

Feb 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(ii):  Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  On July 30, 2021, at the jobsite,  employees were performing masonry activities from a scaffold with mudsills were supported by objects such as, but not limited to broken pieces of scrap brick.

Issued

Jan 21, 2022

Abate by

Feb 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(2): Employees working below a scaffold were not protected from falling tools, materials or equipment in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (h)(2)(i)-(v) of this section:  On July, 30, 2021, the scaffold used by employees to perform masonry construction was not equipped with a toeboard or other means to contain or deflect falling objects. This condition exposed employees to struck by injuries.