OSHA Inspection: TRIPLE J CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Issued

2022-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1865.00 · Current $1000.00 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 who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them:  (a)Triple J Construction Corporation at Eagle Court, Lot 383, Box Elder, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to June 11, 2022, the employer did not ensure an accident prevention program was developed and implemented for the work environment to include regular inspections of the job-site, materials, and equipment; conducted by a competent person. Employees were conducting framing and sheathing operations on a single-family residence roof without the use of a fall protection system as well as ladder hazards identified on site.  This condition exposed employees to fall hazards of greater than six feet.

Issued

2022-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $2000.00 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 system, or personal fall arrest system nor were employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):  (a)Triple J Construction Corporation at Eagle Court, Lot 383, Box Elder, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to June 11, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employee were protected from falls while conducting roof sheathing operations on a single-family residential roof. This condition exposed the employee to fall hazards greater than six feet.

Issued

2022-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-07 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:  (a)Triple J Construction Corporation at Eagle Court, Lot 383, Box Elder, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to June 11, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees were properly trained on the use of fall protection systems prior to being exposed to the fall hazards while working on a single-family residential roof.  This condition exposed employees to fall hazards greater than six feet.

Issued

2022-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  (a)Triple J Construction Corporation at Eagle Court, Lot 383, Box Elder, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to June 11, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the ladder the employees were using was extended at least three feet above the upper landing surface of the eave of the single-family residential roof.  This condition exposed employees to fall hazards greater than nine feet.

Issued

2022-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-07 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:  (a)Triple J Construction Corporation at Eagle Court, Lot 383, Box Elder, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to June 11, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees were properly trained on the use of ladders or to recognize the hazards of using ladders prior to accessing upper areas of a single-family residential roof.  This condition exposed the employees to fall hazards greater than nine feet.