OSHA Inspection: GKW GROUP

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $9,376 · Current $7,032 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:  Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were observed working and walking under other employees, materials, and tools and were not protected from impact by the use of hard hats.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(2)(i): The area below the scaffold was not barricaded, and employees were not prohibited from entering the hazard area.   Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were observed working and walking under other employees, materials, and tools and were not protected from impact in which the area should be barricaded to prevent employees and customers from walking under the hazards.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(2)(iii): Where tools, materials, or equipment were piled to a height higher than the top edge of the toeboard, paneling or screening extending from the toeboard or platform to the top of the guardrail was not erected for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:   Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were observed working and walking under other employees, materials, and tools and were not protected from impact by the use of toeboards used to help prevent materials from striking an employee or customer.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $9,376 · Current $7,032 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were observed using portable grinders on stone in which the blade or the materials could shatter or strike the eyes of unprotected employees.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $8,204 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.403(b)(1):Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were exposed to a shock or electrocution hazard in that the employer failed to inspect the electrical equipment that could shock or electrocute an employee. Extension cords had been spliced together to make one cord and wrapped with electrical tape.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites:   Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were exposed to a shock or electrocution hazard in that the extension cords being used by the employees on the exterior of the building were not plugged into ground fault circuit interrupter.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $8,204 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:  Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri-Employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employees were observed climbing a scaffold that was not provided with a ladder for safe access to the work platform.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $8,204 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  (a). Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the fabricated framed scaffolding being used was not provided with proper guardrails to prevent employees from falling.   (b). - Employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working on a mobile scaffold (scissor lift) and had failed to attach the chain to act as the mid-rail for the guard railing.

Issued

Jun 9, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $8,204 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(2):Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  Worksite located at 5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, Missouri- Employees were exposed to a fall or scaffold collapse hazard  when all scaffold sections were not braced by the use of cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally.