OSHA Inspection: BLUE ROCK CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $0 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:  Location: Worksite  On or about December 19, 2022, employees were observed not wearing hardhats/helmets and therefor exposed to possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles.  Location: Worksite  On or about December 19, 2022 Employees were exposed to struck by hazards from flying debris, while using pneumatic nail guns, and were not protected by safety glasses.

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b)  Location: Worksite  On or about December 19, 2022, workers were exposed to a 21 foot fall hazard while working on a wood framed deck where fall protection had not been used or provided.

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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  Location: Worksite  On or about December 19, 2022 it was found that employees were exposed to fall hazards due to the employer not providing 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 and were given no fall arrest PPE.

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.850(a):Evidence in writing was not available that an engineering survey performed by a competent person had been performed prior to permitting employee(s) to start demolition operations.  Location: Worksite  On or about December 19, 2022, and at times prior, the employer failed to produce an engineering survey performed by a competent person prior to permitting employee(s) to start demolition operations in order to prevent an unplanned collapse of the structure.

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

May 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(i):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.  Location: worksite  On or about December 19, 2022 employees were exposed to stairways without any form of railing or grab in the stairways leading down to the basement from the ground floor, nor to the upper floors from same.