OSHA Inspection: HERITAGE CUSTOM BUILDERS

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Abate by

Sep 4, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $1,774 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part such as a safety and health program with policy, hazard assessment and work rules was not developed and/or implemented at the job site:  Jobsite- The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to eliminate hazards associated with falls, equipment use, stairways, and personal protective equipment at the jobsite.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Abate by

Sep 4, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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):  Jobsite - The employer did not perform frequent and regular job site inspections by a competent person to identify hazards associated with falls, scaffolds, ladders, and personal protective equipment.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Abate by

Sep 4, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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, safe equipment use and personal protective equipment.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Abate by

Sep 4, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:   Site- Employees erecting, dismantling, and working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where a competent person did not supervise the employees.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Abate by

Aug 11, 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:   Site- Employees erecting, dismantling, and working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide scaffold training to eliminate and minimize fall and collapse hazards.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Abate by

Sep 4, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:   Site- Five employees exposed to a fall hazard while working throughout the structure including the second floor and were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $1,064 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  Jobsite - The employer did not ensure that eye protective equipment was used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,015 · Current $1,507 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  Site- Employees working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were not protected from a falls of approximately 19 feet while performing framing operations.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 scaffolds were not fully planked.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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

Issued

Jul 31, 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 did not extend at least 6 inches over its support.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,015 · Current $1,507 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:    Site - Employees working throughout the structure were exposed to falls from the second floor to the ground and first floor.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(ii):  One stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:  a.  The employer did not ensure the stairway was adequately protected to prevent employee falls.

Issued

Jul 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(12):  Unprotected sides and edges of stairway landings were not provided with guardrail systems:  a.  The employer did not ensure that stairway landings were provided with fall protection and guardrails.