OSHA Inspection: JGS CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Mar 22, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:  a) 801-809 Bennett Street, Wilmington, DE 19801: On or about December 18, 2023, CSHO determined employees were not provided instruction on the recognition and avoidance of hazards including applicable regulations on the site which resulted in employee's exposure to multiple hazards.

Issued

Mar 22, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures.  a) 801-809 Bennett Street, Wilmington, De 19801 (South side of structure): On or about December 18, 2023, employees were exposed to construction materials and debris that were not properly discarded exposing employees to trip, slip, and caught in hazards.

Issued

Mar 22, 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):   a) 801-809 Bennett Street, Wilmington, DE 19801: On or about December 14, 2023, employees conducting roofing activities on a flat roof, at heights approximately 22 feet above lower level, without fall protection.

Issued

Mar 22, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

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:    a) 801-809 Bennett Street, Wilmington, DE 19801: On or about December 14, 2023, CSHO determined employees performed framing work at heights over 20 feet without fall protection or training to recognize and minimize the hazards.

Issued

Mar 22, 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 train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a) 801-809 Bennett Street, Wilmington, DE 19801: On or about December 14, 2023, CSHO determined employees were not provided training on ladder hazards to minimize the hazards during construction activities at heights over 6 feet above the lower level.

Issued

Mar 22, 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 upper landing surfaces, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladders were used to gain access:  a) 801-809 Bennett Street, Wilmington, DE 19801: On or about December 14, 2023, employees conducting roofing activities used an extension and straight ladders that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing.