OSHA Inspection: WINNER WORX

Issued

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $3349.00

General-duty citation text

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, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  On or about April 13, 2023, Winner Worx did not ensure that each employee utilizing a pneumatic nail gun used appropriate eye protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles or nails in a worksite located at 2812 Salena Street in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Issued

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used.  On or about April 13, 2023, Winner Worx did not provide adequate means of access to a ladder jack scaffold platform that was approximately 16' above a point of access in a worksite located at 2812 Salena Street in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Issued

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(i):  Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system.  On or about April 13, 2023, Winner Worx did not protect employees from fall hazards. Personal fall arrest systems were not utilized while employees worked at a height of approximately 16' from a ladder jack scaffold in a worksite located at 2812 Salena Street in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Issued

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identified them as defective, or had not been tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and was not withdrawn from service until repaired.  On or about April 13, 2023, Winner Worx did not identify and withdraw a portable extension ladder with broken rungs from service. The ladder's first and fifth rungs were broken and it was utilized as part of a ladder jack scaffold as well as used to access the scaffold's working surface in a worksite located at 2812 Salena Street in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Issued

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $376.00 · Current $376.00

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 from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets.  On or about April 13, 2023, Winner Worx did not provide protective helmets to protect employees from falling objects such as tools, work materials, and debris in a worksite located at 2812 Salena Street in Saint Louis, Missouri. Employees also were not protected from flying objects such as nails from a pneumatic nail gun.

Issued

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1): In addition to wearing hardhats each employee on a scaffold had not been provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  On or about April 13, 2023, Winner Worx did not provide protection from falling objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect falling objects such as tools, work material, or debris in a worksite located at 2812 Salena Street in Saint Louis, Missouri.