OSHA Inspection: MICHELLE COOK DBA QUALITY CONSTRUCTION OF MADISON COUNTY, INC.

Issued

Jul 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $2,177 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    On or about 06/29/2023, the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to establish criteria for protecting employees from fall hazards, struck-by hazards, and fire hazards while performing residential construction operations.

Issued

Jul 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  On or about 06/29/2023, the employer did not maintain jobsite inspections that were performed by a person competent to ensure employees were not exposed to fall hazards, struck-by hazards, and fire hazards while performing residential construction operations.

Issued

Jul 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,741 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:  On or about 06/29/2023, the employer did ensure that head protective equipment was used when workers were exposed to impact hazards of falling material and/or tools when working in the fall zone of the roof eve.

Issued

Jul 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,741 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses 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 06/29/2023, the employer did not ensure that eye protective equipment was used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

Jul 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $2,177 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(vi): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 10B, was not provided within 50 feet of wherever more than 5 gallons of flammable or combustible liquids or 5 pounds of flammable gas were being used on the jobsite:    On or about 06/29/2023, the employer did not ensure that a fire extinguisher was provided within fifty (50) feet of where flammable liquids (gasoline) was being used.

Issued

Jul 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,047 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    On or about 06/29/2023, the employer did not protect employees who were engaged in residential roofing operations 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels.  The employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately twelve (12) feet and fall protection was not used.