OSHA Inspection: HENRY H CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jul 5, 2024

Abate by

Jul 24, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $6,452

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): General Safety and Health Provisions. Accident prevention responsibilities. Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.  a) On or about January 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that frequent and regular inspections were conducted by a competent person designated by Henry H. Construction, Inc., for the extension being built on Clopay Building Products Company, Inc.  to ensure that there were enough anchor points for each of the nine employees performing metal decking work to prevent exposure to a 29' fall.  b)  On or about January 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that frequent and regular inspections  were conducted by a competent person designated by Henry H. Construction, Inc, to ensure that there were enough anchor points for each of the nine employees decking the structure to tie off too in that employees being lifted to the  anchor points that were located too far from the work areas exits, the work areas exit were two aerial boom lifts located, one at 140 ft. from the east wall towards the west wall on the outside of the building and the other aerial boom lifts located at approximately 250 ft. from the north wall towards the south wall of the new extension building in the inside of the structure.

Issued

Jul 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $6,452

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): General Safety and Health Provisions. Safety training and education. Employer responsibility. 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) On or about January 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that each employee performing metal deck work was instructed on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions such as fall hazards from 29' and the requirements for operating aerial lifts such as but not limited to the JLG 600S Boom Lift and JLG 460SJ Boom Lift had received operator's training on safe operations prior to operating the lifts.  Per ANSI A92.2-2022 lists two main training categories. The first is general training. All operators mut receive general training, which includes classroom information about safety topics and hazards related to operating aerial devices. General training also requires an operator to demonstrate hands-on proficiency in actual operation under the direction of a qualifies person. Although not specified, general training should be refreshed periodically, and a five-year cycle is consistent with other industry certifications.

Issued

Jul 5, 2024

Abate by

Jul 24, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.761(b): Steel Erection. Training. Fall hazard training. The employer shall train each employee exposed to a fall hazard in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.  a) On or about January 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that each employee exposed to a fall hazard was trained based on a training program prior to performing metal decking at heights of 29 ft. from the ground. On March 18, 2024 the owner of Henry H. Construction provided documentation showing employees were trained on fall protection on June 01, 2023 including employees who were not employees of Henry H. Construction on June 01, 2023.

Issued

Jul 5, 2024

Abate by

Jul 24, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $6,452

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.760(a)(1): Steel Erection. Fall protection. General requirements. Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.  a) On or about January 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that each employee performing metal decking work were not exposed to fall hazards; in that the employer did not established a controlled decking zone (CDZ), nor did the employer provide a complete fall protection system in that there were not anchor points for each employee (nine) in place for each employee to tie off too to prevent exposure to a fall hazard of 29 ft. to ground at their assigned work areas.  b) On or about January 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that each employee performing metal decking work were not exposed to fall hazards, when entering and exiting the roof in that employees with an anchor point will disconnect from various points on the roof to walk to the aerial lifts used to bring the employees up and down from the roof to and from their assigned work areas.

Issued

Jul 5, 2024

Abate by

Jul 24, 2024

Penalty

Initial $922 · Current $922

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(3): Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria. Forms. Implementation. How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.  a)  On or about January 20, 2024, after a recordable injury occurred, the employer failed to record within (7) calendar days on the 300 OSHA Logs all the information about the recordable injury.

Issued

Jul 5, 2024

Abate by

Jul 24, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,610 · Current $4,610

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(2): Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.  a) On or about January 20, 2024, the employer had failed to report to OSHA an accident within twenty-four hours that resulted in a hospitalization of an employee.