OSHA Inspection: STEVE & PAUL QUALITY CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2344.00 Reduced

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 while using a pneumatic nail gun.  (a) Worksite: On or about 6/6/2023, two employees were exposed to flying particles while using a pneumatic nail gun to install siding on a residential structure without the use of eye protection.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4018.00 · Current $2009.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  (a) Worksite:  On or about 6/6/2023, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a pump jack scaffold where the end of the platform extended over its support more than 18 inches.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms were overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports, and/or was less than 12 inches (30 cm) when the platforms were not nailed together or otherwise restrained to prevent movement.  (a) Worksite: On or about 6/6/2023, extension platforms installed on a pump jack scaffold system overlapped to create a long platform. The right side overlap did not occur over a support and was not secured by nails or other restraints.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were intermixed such that the components fit together with force and the scaffold's structural integrity was not maintained by the user.  (a) Worksite: On or about 6/6/2023, Alum-a-pole pump-jack supports were intermixed with Werner work platforms and a Werner extension ladder that was used as a work bench.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  (a) Worksite: On or about 6/6/2023, a pump jack scaffold was not erected and altered under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2344.00 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 - On or about 6/6/2023, two employees were exposed to fall hazards while working approximately 16 feet above the ground floor without a form of fall protection.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $1675.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  (a) Worksite: On or about 6/6/2023, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a pump-jack scaffold system where the scaffold poles were not secured by bracing on the bottom.

Issued

2023-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $376.00 · Current $196.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold 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.  (a) Worksite: On or about 6/6/2023, the employer did not adequately train two employees on the hazards associated with pump jack scaffolds and the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.