OSHA Inspection: RBD CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Sep 5, 2024

Abate by

Oct 1, 2024

Penalty

Initial $7,098 · Current $7,098

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  (a)  On or about May 1, 2024,   at a jobsite located at 2024, 318 57th St., KENOSHA, WI 53140, a competent person was on site but did not perform frequent and regular inspections of the job site to ensure that hazardous conditions were identified and corrected.

Issued

Sep 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,071 · Current $5,071

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a) On or about May 1, 2024,  at a jobsite located at 2024, 318 57th St., KENOSHA, WI 53140, employees working on the ground to perform cleanup and assist the roofers who were working directly above re-roofing the structure, were not protected from struck by hazards from falling materials and tools by wearing a protective helmet.

Issued

Sep 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,071 · Current $5,071

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) On or about May 1, 2024,  at a jobsite located at 2024, 318 57th St., KENOSHA, WI 53140,  employees were operating pneumatic nail guns and leaf blowers without  eye or face protection while roofing. This exposed the employees to struck-by hazards that cause puncture and eye injuries.

Issued

Sep 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $14,195 · Current $14,195

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.   (a) On or about May 1, 2024, at a jobsite located at 2024, 318 57th St., KENOSHA, WI 53140, employees conducting roofing activities to include tear-off and re-roofing on a fourth story 6:12 pitch roof were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 50 feet onto asphalt, concrete, and grass on the North, West and South sides of the structure.  RBD Construction Inc.  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1582842, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October  19, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 1307 Fleet Food Drive Waukesha, WI. 53186.

Issued

Sep 5, 2024

Abate by

Oct 1, 2024

Penalty

Initial $14,195 · Current $14,195

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) On or about May 1,  at a jobsite located at 2024, 318 57th St., KENOSHA, WI 53140, the employer did not insure that employees working from the roof of the structures on this jobsite had been  trained on the recognition of fall hazards and proper implementation of fall protection systems.  RBD Construction Inc.  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.503), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1582842, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on October  19, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 1307 Fleet Food Drive Waukesha, WI. 53186.