OSHA Inspection: W&M CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,947 · Current $2,947

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), & (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes items (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph:  a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, the employer did not provide or maintain a hazardous communication program to include labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training as required.  ABATEMENT NOTE:  A written program shall include description of how the criteria for the following will be met:  1.  Labeling and other forms of warning; 2.  Material Safety Data Sheets; 3.  Employee information and training  Additionally, a list of hazardous chemicals known to be preset in the workplace must be compiled.  Methods used to inform employees of the hazards associated with non-routine tasks and the informing of contractors of workplace hazards, including a description of the labeling system used in the facility and of the availability of material safety data sheets, must also be addressed.  The written program must be made available upon request.

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not compile a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.  a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, the employer did not develop nor maintain a chemical inventory list identifying the hazardous chemicals being used by their employees.

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, the employer did not provide training on hazardous chemicals to be used on the site nor did the employer provide SDS sheets for the employees to reference in case their was an exposure.

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,947 · Current $2,947

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(a)(1): The employer did not develop and maintain a fire protection program to be followed throughout all phases of construction and demolition work, and/or did not provide for the firefighting equipment as specified in this subpart:   a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, employees working with flammable materials were not provided or properly protected by having a working fire extinguisher available at the work site.

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,420 · Current $4,420

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:   a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, CSHO observed employees performing framing work and roof installation work on a roof of a gas station under construction at a height of approximately 23 feet above the ground level without any means of fall protection.

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,420 · Current $4,420

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not train each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards to enable them to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, the employer did not train each employee exposed to a fall hazard to properly recognize and minimize fall hazards.  Abatement Note: The training program must enable the employees to recognize the hazards of falling and must train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  Each employee must be trained by a competent person in the following: 1. The nature of fall hazards in the work area; 2. The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; 3. The use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used; 4. The role of each employee in the safety monitoring system when this system is used; 5. The limitations on the use of mechanical equipment during the performance of roofing work on low-sloped roofs; 6. The correct procedures for the handling and storage of equipment and materials and the erection of overhead protection; 7. The role of employees in fall protection plans; 8. The standards contained in this subpart. The employer must verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record that will contain the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, the employer failed to provide training to employees working on or with various types of ladders to access elevated surfaces.

Issued

Sep 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,420 · Current $4,420

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:   a) Royal Farms at the intersection of Arrow Safety Road & Route 113, Georgetown, DE 19947: On or about August 14, 2023, employees used ladders that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing to access the upper levels of a multi story building, exposing them to fall hazards approximately 23 feet above the ground.