OSHA Inspection: CASTLE FRAMING LLC

Issued

2022-05-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $3046.00 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 the jobsite located at 9285 Barth Rd. Lenexa, KS, employees were exposed to fall hazards. Employee(s) engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to a fall distance of approximately 20.5 feet from the eave to the ground in that fall protection was not utilized.