OSHA Inspection: TM CRIST CONTRACTING, INC.

Issued

2025-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $2554.00 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) 20364 Silver Lake Drive, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971; on or about October 3, 2024, employees exposed to falls approximately 14 feet above the next lower level while performing roofing/framing work on a newly constructed parking structure without any means of fall protection.

Issued

2025-03-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3547.00 · Current $2128.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not train each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards to enable them to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) 20364 Silver Lake Drive, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971; on or about October 3, 2024; the employer did not train each employee exposed to a fall hazard to properly recognize and minimize fall hazards.  Abatement Note: The training program must enable the employees to recognize the hazards of falling and must train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  Each employee must be trained by a competent person in the following: 1. The nature of fall hazards in the work area; 2. The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; 3. The use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used; 4. The role of each employee in the safety monitoring system when this system is used; 5. The limitations on the use of mechanical equipment during the performance of roofing work on low-sloped roofs; 6. The correct procedures for the handling and storage of equipment and materials and the erection of overhead protection; 7. The role of employees in fall protection plans; 8. The standards contained in this subpart. The employer must verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record that will contain the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.

Issued

2025-03-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) 20364 Silver Lake Drive, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971; on or about October 3, 2024, the employer failed to provide training to employees working on or with various types of ladders to access elevated surfaces.

Issued

2025-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $2554.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  a) 20364 Silver Lake Drive, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971; on or about October 3, 2024, CSHO viewed employees using an extension ladder where the rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface exposing employees to fall hazards while working on the roof of a newly built parking structure.