OSHA Inspection: MINGO'S CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Feb 26, 2024

Abate by

Mar 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $8,067 · Current $4,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1):It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a. a. Mingo's Construction LLC, located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023,  during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, employees were engaged in the rigging of building materials such as OSB sheathing, signaling for a tower crane operator and staging the materials throughout the site. The employer did not develop and maintain accident prevention programs which effectively established, communicated, and enforced work rules for inspecting the condition of rigging materials, verifying that material was rigged to prevent unintentional displacement of a load, cordoning off hoisting routes and/or selecting hoisting routes which minimized employee exposure. The following conditions employees/sub-contractor employees to struck-by hazards from the load being lifted and a subsequent felled load event.

Issued

Feb 26, 2024

Abate by

Mar 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.   a. Mingo's Construction LLC, located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023, during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, employees were engaged in the rigging of building materials such as OSB sheathing, signaling for a tower crane operator and staging the materials throughout the site.  The employer did not ensure employees were instructed in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions during crane/material handling operations such as but not limited to using hosing routes which minimized exposure to loads,  riggers being qualified, rigging materials being inspected prior to use and loads being rigged to prevent unintentional displacement of a load. The following condition exposed employees/sub-contractor employees to struck-by hazards from the load being lifted and a subsequent felled load event.

Issued

Feb 26, 2024

Abate by

Mar 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,292 · Current $5,650 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.251(a)(1): Rigging equipment for material handling was not inspected prior to use on each shift and as necessary during its use to ensure that it was safe. Defective rigging equipment was not removed from service:   a. Mingo's Construction LLC located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023, during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, the employer did not ensure that rigging equipment for material handling was inspected prior to use on each shift and as necessary during its use to ensure that it was safe and free of defects. The following condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Feb 26, 2024

Abate by

Mar 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,292 · Current $5,650 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1425(a): Where available, hoisting routes that minimize the exposure of employees to hoisted loads must be used, to the extent consistent with public safety.   a. Mingo's Construction LLC located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023, during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, the employer did not ensure available hoisting routes which minimized the exposure of employees to overhead loads were utilized. With the use of a tower crane, bundles of OSB sheathing were being offloaded from delivery trucks to the second deck of the structure.  The hoisting routes did not minimize exposure to employees who were utilizing a ladder to the second deck and working at ground level within the fall zone as the loads were being repeatedly lifted from the trucks to the second deck. The following condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards from the overhead loads and a subsequent felled load event.

Issued

Feb 26, 2024

Abate by

Mar 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,292 · Current $5,650 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1425(c): When employees are engaged in hooking, unhooking, or guiding the load, or in the initial connection of a load to a component or structure and are within the fall zone, all of the following criteria must be met:  29 CFR  1926.1425(c)(1):The materials being hoisted must be rigged to prevent unintentional displacement.  a. Mingo's Construction LLC located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023, during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, employees were engaged in the rigging of building materials such as bundles of OSB sheathing and hoisting the material with the use of a tower crane to the second deck. The employer did not ensure the materials being lifted were rigged to prevent unintentional displacement of the load while it was within the fall zone. The following condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Feb 26, 2024

Abate by

Mar 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1425(c): When employees are engaged in hooking, unhooking, or guiding the load, or in the initial connection of a load to a component or structure and are within the fall zone, all of the following criteria must be met:  29 CFR  1926.1425(c)(3):The materials must be rigged by a qualified rigger.  a. Mingo's Construction LLC located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023,  during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, employees were engaged in the rigging of building materials such as bundles of OSB sheathing and hoisting the material within the fall zone throughout the site with the use of a tower crane. The employer did not ensure the materials being lifted were rigged by a qualified rigger. The following condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.