OSHA Inspection: GOING FORWARD INC

Issued

Feb 1, 2023

Abate by

Mar 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $376 · Current $376

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which  provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person(s).   As a controlling and correcting employer for construction activities under the contract, frequent and regular safety inspections were not conducted and the employer did not maintain programs and corrective actions to provide a workplace were workers employed in the performance of the contract were free from recognized hazards on the construction site:  a) where workers using nail guns for framing activities were not wearing or provided eye protection, exposing them to being struck by flying objects, and  b) where workers not wearing hardhats while working below other employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard from falling objects, and  c) where workers performing framing activities without fall protection were exposed to a fall hazard at a height of over 20 feet to the ground below, and  d) where workers exposed to fall hazards were not trained to recognize and avoid fall hazards, and  e) where workers were not trained to recognize and avoid slip and fall hazards related to ladders and ladder safety.