OSHA Inspection: EID CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jan 17, 2024

Abate by

Feb 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $2,074

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  Jobsite: The employees, using electric power tools and exposed to electrical and power tool hazards, were not trained in the recognition and avoidance of these hazards or the applicable regulations to control or eliminate them.

Issued

Jan 17, 2024

Abate by

Feb 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  Jobsite: The employee, working on the roof of the home and exposed to falling, was not trained in the recognition of fall hazards or the procedures to control or eliminate them.

Issued

Jan 17, 2024

Abate by

Feb 12, 2024

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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   Jobsite: The employees, using ladders as access and working from them, were not trained in the recognition of ladder hazards or the procedures to control or eliminate them.

Issued

Jan 17, 2024

Abate by

Jan 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $2,765

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, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  Jobsite roof:  The employees, exposed to struck by hazards posed by flying debris/objects while using pneumatic nail guns to affix siding and trim boards to the home, were not wearing eye/face protection.

Issued

Jan 17, 2024

Abate by

Jan 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $2,074

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:   Jobsite:   a)  The daisy chained 50-ft extension cords, powering the table and miter saws, were not used according to their listing and labeling.  b)  The indoor multi-outlet Relocatable Power Tap (RPT), designed to be plugged into and interior wall outlet, was not used according to its listing and labeling.

Issued

Jan 17, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $4,839

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):   Jobsite roof:  The employee, standing on the roof installing siding and trim on the dormer, was not protected from falling over 22-ft to the ground.

Issued

Jan 17, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $4,839

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  Jobsite roof:  The ladder, used by the employee to access the roof, did not extend 3-ft beyond its surface.