OSHA Inspection: V.E.G. CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Feb 3, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,678 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) On November 17, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard from falling tools, materials and debris when working below employees.  The employees were not wearing hard hats.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Feb 3, 2023

Penalty

Initial $6,250 · Current $3,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between front uprights and the guardrail supports:     a) On November 17, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, 18 feet above the ground, and 24 feet above concrete window wells, were not provided with working levels that were fully planked, thereby exposing the employee to falls.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Feb 3, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  On November 17, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting stucco work from a frame scaffold, 18 feet above the ground, were not provided with guardrails, midrails, cross rails or other means of fall protection, thereby exposing the employees to falls.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Feb 3, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,465 · Current $2,350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  Portable ladder, hook-on ladder, attachable ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, runway, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used to access scaffold platforms more than 2 feet above or below a point of access:   a)  On November 17, 2022, employees were exposed to a fall hazards while accessing and egressing the work platform of a frame scaffold.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.