OSHA Inspection: HOME IMPROVEMENT CLAUDIO CONTRACTOR LLC

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(a): Hand tool(s), power tool(s) or similar equipment were not maintained in a safe condition:    JOBSITE:  The outer sheathing of the flexible cord of the DeWalt Circular saw was damaged and repaired with a piece of tape.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

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: Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    JOBSITE:  The pump jack scaffold from which employees were installing siding, was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  JOBSITE:  The feet of the pump jack scaffold were set on the floor of a dumpster.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  JOBSITE:  The poles of the pump jack scaffold had not been secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing at the bottom.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    JOBSITE:  The employees installing siding to a building from the platform of a pump jack scaffold, were not protected from the hazard of falling 26 ft 10 inches to the ground by use of guardrails, personal fall arrest system or other equivalent means.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

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.    JOBSITE:  The employees, working from the pump jack scaffold were not provided training and information to recognize and control the hazards associated with the use of scaffolds.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize such hazards:  JOBSITE:  The employees, exposed to the hazard of falling while shoveling debris through two wall openings, were not provided with information and training to control or minimize such hazards.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    JOBSITE:  The employee painting exterior walls from a flat roof, was not protected from the hazard of falling approximately 27 feet to the ground by the use of guardrails, safety net system, fall arrest system, or other equivalent means.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes by covers.    JOBSITE:  The employees cutting pieces of siding were exposed to the hazard of tripping in while walking/working in close proximity to a floor hole that did not have an appropriate cover, guard, or barricade.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.    JOBSITE:  The employees shoveling debris at the edge of two wall openings down to a dumpster were not protected from the hazard of falling 13 feet to the ground by the use of guardrails, safety net system, fall arrest system, or other equivalent means.