OSHA Inspection: PEARSON CUSTOM HOMES, LLC

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $4,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1):The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a. Site - The employer did not have an adequate accident prevention program to eliminate and minimize risk and hazards.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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):  a. Site - The employer did not conduct adequate frequent and regular inspections to identify hazards, including but not limited to, those associated with falls, struck by hazards, electrical hazards, and structural capacities.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:  a. Site - Employees working from the carpenter bracket scaffold, pump jack scaffold, wood pole scaffold, outrigger scaffold were not adequately protected from falls greater than 10 feet.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form or scrap lumber with protruding nails was not kept clear from work areas:  a. Site - Scrap lumber with protruding nails was present throughout the work area.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2):The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a. Site - The employer did not provide adequate training to prevent injuries, including but not limited to those associated with falls, struck by hazards, and crushing hazards.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects:  a. Site - Employees working in areas beneath others where an overhead hazard was present were not provided with head protection

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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:  a. Site - The employer did not adequately train employees working on scaffolding on hazards, including but not limited to, those associated with electrical hazards, falls, and load-carrying capacities.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  a. Site - The employer did not provide adequate training related to the correct procedures for erecting, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining scaffolding.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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:  a. Site - The employer did not provide adequate fall protection training related to Subpart M of this standard.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.602(d): The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):  a. Site - The employer did not provide or otherwise verify that operators of the all-terrain forklift have been adequately trained.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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. Site - The employer did not adequately train employees related to ladder safety.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR  1926.403(b)(1):Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  a. Site - Employees were exposed to live electrical parts on an outlet that did not have the terminals protected from contact and the outlet was not secured in an approved box.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.404(b)(1)(i):Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites:  a. Site - Employees were using electrical equipment without the protection of ground fault circuit interrupters or an assured equipment grounding conductor program.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a. Site - The carpenter bracket scaffold, wood pole scaffold, pump jack scaffold, and outrigger scaffold were not fully planked.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  a. Site - Scaffolds used by employees were not designed by a qualified / competent person.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2):Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  a. Site - The outrigger scaffold and carpenter bracket scaffolds were not at least 18 inches wide.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(3):The front edge of all platforms was not 14 inches (36 cm) or less from the face of the work, and no guardrail systems were erected along the front edge and/or no personal fall arrest systems were used in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section to protect employees from falling:  a. Site - The pump jack scaffold platform located over the porch roof was greater than 14 inches from the face of the building.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm):  a. Site - The carpenter bracket scaffold platform located above the portable ladder did not extend at least 6 inches over its support.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(i):The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length, extended over its support more than 12 inches:  a. Site - The carpenter bracket scaffold and outrigger scaffold platforms which were less than 10 feet in length did not have their platforms designed and installed to secure the cantilevered portion of the platform.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(ii):The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:  a. Site - The carpenter bracket scaffold and pump jack scaffolds which were greater than 10 feet in length did not have their platforms designed and installed to secure the cantilevered portion of the platform.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms were overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports:  a. Site - The carpenter bracket scaffold platforms which were overlapped were not done over supports.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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. Site - The pump jack scaffold poles were not located on base plates and mud sills.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(c)(3):Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  a. Site - The wood pole scaffold pole was not plumb and braced to prevent swaying or displacement.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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):  a. Site - Employees working on the outrigger scaffold, pump jack scaffold and carpenter bracket scaffold were not located at safe distances from overhead power lines.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(a)(3): Diagonal bracing in both directions were not installed across the entire inside face of double-pole scaffolds:  a. Site - Employees were working from a wood pole scaffold which did not have adequate diagonal bracing installed.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.452(a)(5): Runners and/or bearers were not installed on the edges of wood pole scaffolds:  a. Site - Employees were working from a wood pole scaffold which did not have adequate amounts of runners and bearers.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.452(a)(7): Scaffold runners were not supported by bearing blocks securely attached to the poles:  a. Site - Employees were working from a wood pole scaffold which did not have runners extending over a minimum of two poles and supported by bearing blocks on each pole.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(g)(1):29 CFR 1926.452(g)(1): Each bracket, except those for wooden bracket-form scaffolds, was not attached to the supporting formwork or structure by means of one or more of the following: nails; a metal stud attachment device; welding; hooking over a secured structural supporting member, with the form wales either bolted to the form or secured by snap ties or tie bolts extending through the form and securely anchored; or, for carpenters' bracket scaffolds only, by a bolt extending through to the opposite side of the structure's wall:  a. Site - Carpenter brackets were not adequately secured such that the brackets were not secured at each attachment point.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.452(i)(3): The fulcrum point of the outrigger beams did not rest on a secure bearings at least 6 inches in each direction:  a. Site - The multiple fulcrum points on the outrigger scaffold were not resting on bearings.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.452(i)(6): The entire supporting structure was not securely braced to prevent any horizontal movement:  a. Site - The Outrigger scaffold was not braced to eliminate horizontal movement to prevent collapse.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(i)(8):29 CFR 1926.452(i)(8):  Outrigger scaffolds and scaffold components were not designed by a registered professional engineer and were not constructed and loaded in accordance with such design:  a. Site - The outrigger scaffold was not designed by a professional engineer.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:  a. Site - The pump jack scaffold was not secured to the structure at the top, bottom and other points as necessary.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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. Site - Employees were not protected from falls greater than 6 feet while working on the roof, at window openings and floor holes.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.602(c)(1)(ii): Modifications or additions affecting the safe operation of the equipment were  made without the manufacturer's written approval:  a. Site - A personnel lift platform was used on the lift without the manufacturer's written approval which identified the new capacity, operation and instruction plates.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(A): The industrial truck was not equipped with a safety platform/cage firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks when used for lifting personnel:  a. Site - An employee was exposed to falls while working on the platform which was not secured to the lift.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks.  a. Site - Employees working from a scaffold being supported by an all terrain fork lift did not have a means of egress when the forklift was left unattended by the operator.  American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks, section 603 (E) requires that When leaving a powered industrial truck unattended, load engaging means shall be fully lowered, controls shall be neutralized, power shut off, brakes set, key or connector plug removed. Block wheels if parked on an incline.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · 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:  a. Site - Ladders used to access the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(12):Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive siderails:  a. Site - Ladders were used near power lines where either the ladder or employee was exposed to contact.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis:  a. Site - Ladders were not routinely inspected by a competent person to identify visible defects and remove them from service.

Issued

Jun 17, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  a. Site - A portable ladder had a damaged rung and was not removed from service.