OSHA Inspection: ALPERCATA FRAMING INC

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2051.00 · Current $2051.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form or scrap lumber with protruding nails was not kept clear from work areas:   Jobsite: In and around the garage area, and front of the house, employees were exposed to stepping and/or falling on used and scrap lumber with protruding nails and tripping falling on scrap and debris littering the front of the house.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2051.00 · Current $2051.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof:   Jobsite:  The employer did not ensure the building was equipped with a fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.152(g)(10): The employer did not ensure that the motors of equipment being fueled was shut off during the fueling operation.   Jobsite:  Employees were refueling the gas compressor while it was running

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4786.00 · Current $4786.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Jobsite, Second floor:  The job made scaffold platform spanning the opening between the second floor and the rear wall, and used by employees installing ceiling strapping, was not inspected by a competent person.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling, or alteration: Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.   Jobsite, Second floor:  The job-made scaffold platform spanning the opening between the second floor and the rear wall, and used by employees installing ceiling strapping, erected by trained experienced employees under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4786.00 · Current $4786.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(15): Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees:    Jobsite, Second floor:  An employee installing ceiling strapping was working from a step ladder placed on the job-made scaffold platform spanning the opening between the second floor and the rear wall and exposed to falls.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2051.00 · Current $2051.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.   Jobsite, Second floor:  The employee installing ceiling strapping from a step ladder placed on top of the job-made scaffold platform, and spanning the opening between the second floor and the rear wall was not trained to recognize the hazards associated with scaffolds, placing ladders on scaffolds or the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   Jobsite, Second/third floors, and balcony:  The employees engaged in framing work and exposed to fall hazards, were not trained in the recognition of fall hazards or the procedures to minimize them.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   Jobsite, garage, and first-floor:  The employees engaged in framing work and exposed to ladder and stairway hazards, were not trained in the recognition of ladder and stairway hazards or the procedures to minimize them.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4786.00 · Current $4786.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   Jobsite, Second/third floor, and balcony over the garage:  Employees, engaged in wood framing a new home, and exposed to open sides and edges, wall openings, and floor holes were not protected from falls to lower levels.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3419.00 · Current $3419.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:   Jobsite:  The stairway with eight risers between the first floor and mid-landing, was not equipped with any stairrail on the right side nor a midrail on the opposite side. Employees accessing the second floor were exposed to falls from the open side.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4102.00 · Current $4102.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:   Jobsite:  The six-foot stepladder, used by the employees to access the first floor of the house, via the garage, was not used for its designed purpose

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and/or bottom of (a) ladder(s) was not kept clear:   Jobsite, Garage:  The areas around the top and bottom of the unopened 6-ft stepladder, used by employees to access the first floor, were not kept clear.

Issued

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:   Jobsite- Garage:  The employees were using the top and/or top step of the unopened six-foot stepladder to access the first floor of the house.