OSHA Inspection: PRESTON YATES

Issued

Dec 17, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $1,053 Reduced

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:  At jobsite located at 17515 W. 165th St. Olathe, KS, employee(s) engaged in material handling activities working below employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to struck-by hazards in that head protection was not utilized.

Issued

Dec 17, 2021

Abate by

Jan 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $526 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.403(e):All splices and joints and free ends of conductors were not covered with insulation equivalent to that of the conductors or with an insulating device designed for the purpose:  At jobsite located at 17515 W. 165th St. Olathe, KS, employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to electrical and fire hazards in that the splices were not covered with insulation on the extension cord that was powering equipment at the site.

Issued

Dec 17, 2021

Abate by

Jan 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $1,228 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:  At jobsite located at 17515 W. 165th St. Olathe, KS, employee(s) engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11 feet from the working surface to the ground below in that fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

Dec 17, 2021

Abate by

Jan 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $1,228 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:  At jobsite located at 17515 W. 165th St. Olathe, KS, employee(s) engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to falls from approximately 11 feet, in that the Werner aluminum ladder used to access the working surface did not extend 3 feet from the eave of the working surface.