OSHA Inspection: T J N INC

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $2050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act:  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were not protected from fall hazards.  a. Caterpillar TH63 Rough terrain forklift - On or about April 26, 2022, employees engaged in framing activities while working from an elevated work platform were exposed to a fall hazard where fall protection was not provided or utilized to prevent the hazard.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:   Jobsite - On or about April 26, 2022, the employer did not perform frequent and regular inspections by a competent person to identify hazards such as falls.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b):The employer did not have each employee 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:  a Jobsite - On or about April 26, 2022, the employer did not ensure that each person involved in erecting the scaffold was trained by a competent person.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 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:  a. Jobsite - On or about April 26, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the carpenter bracket scaffold was erected by a competent person in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii)   a. Jobsite Building D - On or about April 26, 2022, the employer's competent person did not train each employee in the nature of fall hazards in the work area; the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; and the installation, use and operation personal fall arrest systems, including anchorages.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained by a competent person which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairs:    a. Jobsite - On or about April 28, 2022, the employer did not ensure that each employee was trained by a competent person as related to ladders.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  a. Jobsite Building D - On or about April 26, 2022, the employees were not protected from eye injuries with eye protection while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(ii):The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a. Jobsite - On or about April 26, 2022, the scaffold platforms greater than 10 feet in length were extended over their supports greater than 18 inches and were not designed to prevent cantilevering.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:   a. Jobsite - On April 26, 2022, the employees were not provided with safe access to the carpenter scaffolding systems.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:  a. Jobsite - On or about April 26, 2022, the employees walking and working along the carpenter bracket scaffold were not protected from falls of over 19 feet.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(i):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:   a. Building D, interior staircase - On or about April 28, 2022, the staircase utilized by the employees to access the second and third stories' work areas were not provided with stair railing along the open sided staircase to prevent employees' fall hazards.

Issued

2022-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):  a. Jobsite Building D - On or about April 26, 2022, employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet where fall protection was not provided or utilized to prevent the hazard.