OSHA Inspection: UR CARPENTRY SERVICES INC.

Issued

Mar 20, 2025

Abate by

Mar 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.  Location: Worksite  On or about January 27, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet and struck-by hazards while performing siding activities, where the employer did not ensure that a competent person performed frequent and regular inspections of the site.

Issued

Mar 20, 2025

Abate by

Mar 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying objects while using a nail gun.  Location: Worksite  On or about January 27, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while performing siding activities, where the employer did not ensure that impact resistant eye protection was available on site and in use.

Issued

Mar 20, 2025

Abate by

Mar 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  Location: Worksite  On or about January 27, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while performing siding activities on the unguarded pump jack scaffold, where the employer did not ensure that a ladder or other means of safe access was in place. Employees were utilizing an open window above the scaffolding as the point of access to and from the scaffold platform.

Issued

Mar 20, 2025

Abate by

Mar 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6):Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.  Location: Worksite  On or about January 27, 2025, employees were exposed to electrical hazards while perfroming siding activities, where the employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffolding being used on site, or any conductive material handled on them, maintained the minimum distance of 10 feet established for the live overhead power lines.

Issued

Mar 20, 2025

Abate by

Mar 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section.  Location: Worksite  On or about January 27, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet while performing siding activities while working from unguarded pump jack scaffolding, where the employer did not ensure that fall protection was in place.

Issued

Mar 20, 2025

Abate by

Mar 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  Location: Worksite  On or about January 27, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet while performing siding activities while working from unguarded pump jack scaffolding, where the employer did not ensure that employees could recognize the hazards to be able to control or minimize them.