OSHA Inspection: GREENSTAR CORPORATION

Issued

Nov 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,395 · Current $1,677 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(b)(1): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings were not effectively closed:  First floor hallway:  A circuit breaker/cover was missing from the bottom right of the electrical box providing power to the jobsite. Employees were exposed to electrical hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $4,061 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Second floor roof access scaffold: Employees used a supported scaffold to access the roof with two legs elevated in the air not on an adequate firm foundation. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,994 · Current $2,096 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  a. Second floor roof access scaffold: Crossbraces were used to climb the scaffold to access the roof. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.   b. Second floor front wall access scaffold: Crossbraces were used to climb the scaffold providing access to the front wall. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,395 · Current $1,677 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.  Front side of building: Employees walked and shoveled gravel on a working surface approximately eight feet four inches high that was not protected by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,395 · Current $1,677 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1): 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 and one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:  East side outdoor access stairs: Employees used a stairway with seven risers that was not equipped with a stair rail system on its unprotected side. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.   East side switchback stairs: Employees used switchback stairs with 15 risers that was not equipped stair rail system on its unprotected side. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.300(b)(5): Where the periphery of fan blades was less than 7 feet (2.13 m) above the floor or working level, blades were not guarded:  First floor break area: A blower fan used by employees had unguarded blades less than seven feet above the floor. Employees were exposed to rotating part hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  a. First floor break area: The flexible cable suppling power to a blower fan had a splice and was not used in continuous length. Employees were exposed to fire and electrical hazards.  b. Second Floor: A campbell hausfeld ws2800 welder was used with cables that were not free from splices.  Employees were exposed to fire and electrical hazards.