OSHA Inspection: HOME BUILDING MATERIALS, INC.

Issued

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $10151.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating or moving part(s) of equipment exposed to contact by employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:  a. On or about November 29, 2021, an employee was operating a concrete pump, that which was found to have been missing three of its safety guards; therefore exposing the pump operator/ employee to an amputation hazard.

Issued

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  a. On or about November 29, 2021, the employer failed to ensure that a competent person conducted frequent and regular safety inspections of the equipment/ concrete pump, which was later found to have been missing three of its safety guards; therefore exposing the pump operator/ employee to an amputation hazard.

Issued

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(3): Machinery, tool(s), material(s), or equipment which was not in compliance with the applicable requirement(s) of 29 CFR 1926 was not prohibited. Such machine, tool, or equipment was not identified as unsafe by tagging or locking the controls to render them inoperable or was not physically removed from its place of operation:  a. On or about November 29, 2021, the employer failed to identify a concrete pump that was missing three of its safety guards, as unsafe for use, by either prohibiting its use, or by tagging or locking the controls to render the pump inoperable or by physically removing the pump from service/ the jobsite; therefore exposing the pump operator/ employee to an amputation hazard.

Issued

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-14 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 November 29, 2021, the employer failed to instruct the employee/ concrete pump operator in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, wherein the concrete pump that which was in use, was found to have been missing three of its safety guards; therefore exposing the pump operator/ employee to an amputation hazard.

Issued

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $10151.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.702(j)(1): Employees were permitted to perform maintenance or repair activity on equipment (such as compressors, mixers, screens, or pumps used for concrete and masonry construction activities) where the inadvertent operation of the equipment was not eliminated by use of lock out/tag out procedures:  a. On or about November 29, 2021, an employee was manually/ using his hands to unclog a concrete pump, that which was found to have been missing three of its safety guards, and during which time the employer failed to prohibit such activities, and wherein the employee did not use lock out/ tag out procedures to eliminate the inadvertent operation of the concrete pump; therefore exposing the pump operator/ employee to an amputation hazard.

Issued

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7252.00 · Current $7252.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye:  a. On or about November 29, 2021, the employer did not report a work-related amputation, nor the related in-patient hospitalization within 24 hours.