OSHA Inspection: NRS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2023-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2344.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no(  On or about June 7 2023, at a construction site located in Tomball, Texas,  the employees were performing masonry work on the 2nd level of a scaffold without the working platform being fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.

Issued

2023-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $0.00 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  On or about June 7, 2023, on a construction site located in Tomball, Texas, the employees were working from a scaffold platform without a proper point of access, the employees used the cross bracing as a ladder.

Issued

2023-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4018.00 · Current $2344.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(v):Each employee on a walkway located within a scaffold was not protected by a guardrail system (with a minimum 200 pound top rail capacity) installed within 9.5 inches (24.1 cm) of and along at least one side of the walkway.  On or about June 7, 2023, at a construction site in Tomball, Texas,  two employees were performing masonry work to the exterior while using a walkway that was not protected by a guardrail system.

Issued

2023-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii):Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  On or about June 7, 2023,  at a construction site in Tomball, Texas ,  employees were conducting masonry work on the  exterior wall from a scaffold platform more than 10 above a lower lever that was not protected by a personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems.