OSHA Inspection: POPPLE RIVER CONSTRUCTION LLP

Issued

2022-10-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1616.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section 5(a)(1): 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 exposed to tipping and crushed by hazards when working from an unapproved work platform that was supported by a rough-terrain fork lift:  (a) Manufacturer approval was not received before a Gehl rough-terrain forklift was used to lift personnel with a 24 foot wide basket (fork attachment), so information plate(s) and/or load capacity charts specific to the work platform were not available.  (b) East side of postframe building; A means of securely attaching the work platform to prevent it from pivoting or moving was not used.

Issued

2022-10-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1865.00 · Current $1212.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact:  (a) Throughout the site; Eye protection was not worn while employees used cordless circular and reciprocating (sawsall) saws to cut boards during framing operations.  (b) Throughout the site; Head protection was not worn by workers on the ground while overhead work of installing wooden purlins was performed from atop the structure during framing operations.

Issued

2022-10-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1616.00 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) East side of building; A means of access was not provided for getting on an elevated work platform during framing activities of installing trim around and girts above a door opening, so a worker climbed the wall girts.

Issued

2022-10-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairways or ladders were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:  (a) North side of building; A means of access was not provided for getting from ground level to where purlins were being installed on top of roof trusses during framing activities, so workers climbed the wall girts.

Issued

2022-10-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $2020.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift: Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e):  (a) East side of postframe building; A means of fall restraint or fall protection systems were not worn while performing work from a Genie brand aerial lift.

Issued

2022-10-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2828.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.   (a) North side of postframe building; A means of fall protection was not used during framing activities while workers stood on wall top plates, roof trusses, and purlins at heights greater than 10 feet above the ground.

Issued

2022-10-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-14 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 who might be exposed to fall hazards:   (a) North side of postframe building; Fall protection training was not provided for each employee before they were exposed to fall hazards during framing operations.