OSHA Inspection: FL FRAMING

Issued

Mar 18, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

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):  At the jobsite located at 18000 W 97th Street, Lenexa, Kansas, employee engaged in commercial framing activities was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet from the rafters of the roof to the floor below in that fall protection was not properly utilized. The employee moved approximately 18 feet away from the tie off point, slipped and fell approximately 10 feet to the floor resulting in fractured tibia.

Issued

Mar 18, 2025

Abate by

Apr 11, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $2,128

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:  At the jobsite located at 18000 W 97th Street, Lenexa, KS 66215, employees performing framing work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet in that employees had not received fall protection training on how to minimize these hazards.