OSHA Inspection: 5M CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Issued

2024-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4113.00 · Current $2879.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.303(b)(1): Grinding machines were not equipped with safety guards in conformance with the requirements of ANSI B7.1-1970, Safety Code for the Use, Care, and Protection of abrasive wheels, and paragraph (d) of this section.   a. North Side of the second floor: A Milwaukee angle grinder was used to cut cement blocks without a guard. Employees were exposed to laceration hazards.  b. Eastside of the second floor: A Makita angle grinder was used to cut cement blocks without a guard. employees were exposed to laceration hazards.

Issued

2024-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5828.00 · Current $4080.00 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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)  a. Fabricated frame scaffold at the end of the driveway: Employees were passing cement blocks from a scaffold that was not fully planked. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.  b. Driveway side of the house: Employees were working on the overhang temporarily supported by shoring jacks and tube and coupler scaffold components that was not fully planked. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9598.00 · Current $9598.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3): Each employee in a hoist area was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems:  Cement block receiving area: An employee was receiving cement blocks being passed up by hand not protected by a guard rail, safety net, or personal fall arrest system. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):    Second floor above the stairs: Employees building the block wall above the switchback stairs were laying cement blocks and transiting to retrieve tool and materials on a surface 11 feet above the lower level were not protected by a guard rail, safety net, or personal fall arrest system. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6857.00 · Current $4800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.  On the Second floor: Employees used a Milwaukee and Makita grinder to cut concrete blocks without any control measures implemented from Table 1-Specified Exposure Control Methods When Working with Materials Containing Crystalline Silica. Employees were exposed to respiratory hazards.

Issued

2024-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Fabricated frame scaffold at the end of the driveway: Employees were passing cement blocks from a scaffold that had no baseplates or mudsills. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.