OSHA Inspection: CARCHI'S CARPENTRY INC

Issued

2021-11-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2048.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Employees 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 employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a. Outside a Third Floor Window:  An employee was performing framing work on a ledge, over twenty feet from ground level, without the use of fall protection.   b. Inside House: There were floor openings the top of the two stair cases with drops approximately  ten feet to the next level. There were no standard guard rails in place.  c. Inside House:  On the first floor there was a door opening to the basement level that did not have a guard rail to prevent an approximate eight foot fall to the concrete basement floor below.

Issued

2021-11-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1755.00 · Current $878.00 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:   Jobsites: Employer did not provide fall protection training for employees required to work at heights over six feet from ground level during framing operations.

Issued

2021-11-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stair-rail system along each unprotected side or edge:  Inside House: There were two, each approximately ten foot high, open sided stair cases without a handrail and stair rail system.

Issued

2021-11-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:    Jobsite: A knock- out style electrical box, listed and labeled to be surface mounted, was on the ground attached to an extension cord with knock-out covers pushed inward exposing electrical parts.