OSHA Inspection: KELL BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

Aug 24, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $2,237 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i):  The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l); construction reference 1926.602(d).  On or about April 21, 2022, at 2665 Witzel Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the employer did not provide required forklift operator training for an employee operating a Genie 1056 Telehandler forklift that was used to lift personnel on a work platform attachment during installation of house wrap paper on a two-story apartment building.

Issued

Aug 24, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a)(2):  The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards; the training shall include the correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards and for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems and falling object protection systems being used.  On or about April 21, 2022, at 2665 Witzel Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the employer did not provide required scaffold safety training for employees exposed to fall hazards greater than ten feet while installing house wrap paper on a two-story apartment building from a forklift work platform.

Issued

Aug 24, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b)(2):  The employer shall have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question; the training shall include the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question.  On or about April 21, 2022, at 2665 Witzel Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the employer did not provide required scaffold assembly/disassembly safety training for employees who utilized a forklift work platform attachment.  Employees were not trained in the correct procedures for assembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the work platform.

Issued

Aug 24, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(6):  Scaffolds shall be designed by a qualified person and shall be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design.   On or about April 21, 2022, at 2665 Witzel Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the employer did not install all the guardrails, doors, and guardrail securing pins on the Haugen work platform as recommended.

Issued

Aug 24, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(iv):  Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless they have been specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use.  On or about April 21, 2022, at 2665 Witzel Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, employees were working from a scaffold platform attached to a Genie GTH 1056 Telehandler forklift that was not designed for personnel platform attachment and riders.

Issued

Aug 24, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold.  On or about April 21, 2022, at 2665 Witzel Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a scaffold platform approximately 15 feet above surface level without utilizing conventional fall protection equipment.