OSHA Inspection: RUHLMAN EILERS CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolding was not fully planked or decked:  Employees engaged in window replacement and upgrade on a residential home located  at 2536 South 191st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska, were exposed to fall hazards in that two sets of scaffolding employees were working on were not fully planked as required by this sub-part.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,000 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:   Employees engaged in window replacement and upgrade on a residential home located at 2536 South 191st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska were exposed to fall hazards in that the integrated ladder access point on two sets of scaffolding was greater than two feet from the ground requiring the employees to exaggerate their step up creating the potential for them to lose their balance and fall backwards while accessing the scaffold.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(15): Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of the employees: On or about  April 26, 2023:  Employee engaged in window replacement and upgrade on a residential home located at 2536 South 191st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska, and was exposed to fall hazards when an employee used a fiberglass extension ladder on the top level of scaffolding as a means of increasing the working level height. This created an unstable working surface and as a result the ladder and scaffolding collapsed, and the exposed employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below whereby suffering fatal injuries.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(6):Ladders were used on surfaces which were not stable and level:  Employee engaged in window replacement and upgrade on a residential home located at 2536 South 191st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska, and was exposed to fall hazards when an employee set up a ladder on the top level of scaffolding.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  Employees engaged in window replacement and upgrade on a residential home located at 2536 South 191st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11 feet in that the two sets of scaffolding they were working from did not have guardrails or another forms of fall protection.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Sep 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used, and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:   On or about  April 26, 2023:  Employees engaged in window replacement  and upgrade on a residential home located at 2536 South 191st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska, were exposed to multiple fall hazards resulting from the employer's failure to ensure that employee(s) were trained to recognize any hazards associated with the use of a scaffold to perform work.  Numerous scaffolding violations were observed during the inspection and a contributory factor was the absence of knowledge on the correct methods for erecting a scaffold. Instances include but are not limited to:  i.	Employees using a fiberglass extension ladder set up on top of the scaffolding to increase the working height. ii.	Employees using scaffolding without fully planking each work level iii.	Employees stepping up more than 2 feet to access the built in ladder of the scaffolding. iv.	Employees working on the second level of the scaffolding without guardrails or another form of fall protection.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Sep 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:    On or about  April 26, 2023: Employees engaged in window replacement  and upgrade on a residential home located at 2536 South 191st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska, were exposed to multiple fall hazards in that the employees were using a fiberglass extension ladder on the top level of the scaffolding as means of increasing the working level height.  This created an unstable working surface and as a result the ladder and scaffolding collapsed and the exposed employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below whereby suffering fatal injuries.