OSHA Inspection: WALNUT CREEK BUILDERS LLC

Issued

2022-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $3108.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a. Located at 710 Boulevard St, Dover, Ohio: On or about July 6, 2022, the employer did not develop and maintain an effective safety and health program to ensure that hazards were identified and corrected onsite while employees performed framing work.

Issued

2022-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  a. Located at 710 Boulevard St, Dover, Ohio: On or about July 6, 2022, the employer failed to train and instruct employees on the recognition of hazards associated with framing activities, such as but not limited to fall hazards and shock hazards.

Issued

2022-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.  a. Located at 710 Boulevard St, Dover, Ohio: On or about July 6, 2022, employees were framing the roof near an unprotected edge of a commercial building without fall protection, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard from approximately seventeen feet.

Issued

2022-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.  a. Located at 710 Boulevard St, Dover, Ohio: On or about July 6, 2022, employees were accessing the roof of the framed addition structure using a Werner multi-position ladder that did not extend three feet above the upper landing, thereby exposing employees to an approximately fifteen-foot fall hazard.