OSHA Inspection: VIERA BUILDER INC

Issued

Apr 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $6,620

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:  a) On or about January 31, 2025, at the job site: subcontractor employees were exposed to an approximate 14 foot fall hazard while painting a house under construction, in that, scaffolding legs were not supported on mud sills .

Issued

Apr 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $6,620

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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.  a) On or about January 31, 2025, at the job site: subcontractor employees were exposed to an approximate 14 foot fall hazard while painting a house under construction, in that, safe access was not provided to access the scaffolding.

Issued

Apr 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $6,620

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:  a) On or about January 31, 2025, at the job site:  subcontractor employees were exposed to an approximate 14 foot fall hazard while painting a house under construction, in that, fall protection was not used .

Issued

Apr 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $8,276 · Current $8,276

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) On or about January 31, 2025, at the job site:  subcontractor employees were exposed to an approximate 10 foot fall hazard while painting a house under construction on a 5:12 pitched roof, in that, fall protection was not used.