OSHA Inspection: ROSS CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $1675.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i):The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  a.  On or about July 19, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee required to operate a LULL 644B-42 Telehandler had not been trained and evaluated on the safe operation of the powered industrial truck, thereby exposing employees to vehicle tip-over, struck-by, and crushed-by hazards.

Issued

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2344.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  a.  On or about July 19, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately twenty-six (26) feet above ground, was not protected by guardrails on all open sides, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.  b.  On or about July 19, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately twenty-eight (28) feet above ground, was not protected by guardrails on all open sides, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2344.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  a.  On or about July 19, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing masonry operations, twenty (20) feet ten (10) inches above ground, was not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $1675.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  a.  On or about July 19, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing masonry operations were exposed to protruding ends of rebar that were not guarded, thereby exposing employees to impalement hazards.

Issued

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4018.00 · Current $2009.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  a.  On or about July 19, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, the portable extension ladder used to access the second story of the structure did not extend at least three (3) feet above the upper landing surface and was not secured at its top, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.