OSHA Inspection: ASHLEY CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

May 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,871 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  (a) Throughout the site; The employer did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the job site to identify and correct hazards associated with falls, portable ladder use, stairways, scaffolding, and use of eye protection.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

May 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) Throughout the site; The employer did not adequately train employees in hazards including but not limited to:  falls, portable ladder use, stairways, scaffolding, and use of eye protection.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,659 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses 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:  (a) North side of structure; Employees were operating cordless circular saw(s) and pneumatic nail gun(s) to cut/install OSB sheeting on a residential structure without the use of appropriate eye protection.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,871 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:  (a) North and south side of structure; Wall bracket scaffolds used to help frame a residential roof structure were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    (a) South side of structure; Employees were performing work from an unprotected wall bracket scaffold greater than 15 feet above ground without adequate fall protection.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

May 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  (a) North and south side of structure; The employees were not trained by a qualified person to recognize the hazards and hazard control methods related to the wall bracket scaffolding they were utilizing.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,871 Reduced

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) Residential roof structure, various locations; One or more methods of fall protection was not in place while employees performed work from an approximate 7:12 pitch roof at heights greater than 20 feet above ground level.  (b) Interior trusses, various locations; One or more methods of fall protection was not in place while employees performed work standing on the interior trusses at heights approximately 10 feet above floor level.  (c) Main floor level, south side exterior; One or more methods of fall protection was not in place while employees performed work near an inadequately guarded wall opening at a height approximately 10 feet 5 inches above ground level.  (d) Main floor level, north side; One or more methods of fall protection was not in place while employees performed work near an inadequately guarded stairway opening at a height approximately 8 feet above the basement floor.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

May 31, 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:  (a) Residential structure, various locations; Workers exposed to fall hazards associated with residential construction tasks were not adequately trained to recognize fall hazards and/or the procedures to be followed to minimize fall hazards.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,659 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:  (a) Main floor level, north side; A stairway composed of more than four risers was not equipped with at least one handrail and was used by workers to access the basement and main floor level.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:   (a) Main floor level, north side; A stairway used to access the basement and main floor level was composed of more than four risers and was not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,610 · Current $2,766 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:  (a) South side of structure; A Keller model 4028 28ft aluminum extension ladder placed at ground level and used for accessing a wall bracket scaffold was not of sufficient height to allow for the side rails to extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface, was not equipped with a grasping device(s), and was not effectively secured to prevent displacement.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  (a) Main floor level; The top step and top cap of a Werner 8ft fiberglass stepladder was used as a step by employee(s) while accessing/egressing the truss/roof structure.   (b) Main floor level; The top step of a Werner 6ft fiberglass stepladder was used as a step by an employee to perform work on the interior framing.

Issued

Feb 21, 2024

Abate by

May 31, 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) Residential structure, various locations; Training was not provided to inform employees how to safely build/setup, use, and inspect ladders and stairway(s) before use during residential framing activities.