OSHA Inspection: ISMITH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $2,075 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  Site- The employer did not develop a safety and health program with policy, hazard assessment, and work site rules was not developed and/or implemented at this jobsite where employees were exposed to fall and struck by hazards.

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  Site- The employer did not perform frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite to ensure that it was free from recognizable hazards where employees were exposed to fall and struck by hazards.

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   Site- Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were not protected from eye injuries where the employer did not require employees to wear eye protection.

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $4,355 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.   Site- Employees working from a low sloped roof were not protected from a fall of approximately 13 feet where fall protection was not utilized by the employer.

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toe boards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   Site- Employees working from a steep sloped roof were not protected from a fall of approximately 18 feet where fall protection was not utilized by the employer.

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 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 who might be exposed to fall hazards:   Site- Employees exposed to a fall hazard while working from the roof were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $4,355 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.552(a)(1): The employer did not comply with manufacturer's specifications and limitations applicable to the operation of all hoists and elevators:   Site- Employees operating and working near an RGC P225 material ladder hoist were not protected from struck by hazards where the material ladder hoist was operated without bolts and nuts connecting the two splice plates to each section of the ladder hoist.

Issued

Aug 7, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  Site- Employees using an aluminum extension ladder to access the pitched roof were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder did not extend three feet above the landing surface.