OSHA Inspection: TRADEWELL CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2014-07-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 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.    a)  On or about 6-25-14, employees who were installing trusses were walking/working on the bottom chords of trusses approximately ten and one half (10.5) feet above concrete surface without utilizing fall protection equipment.      b)  On or about 6-25-14, an employee who was installing trusses was walking/working from the top surface of a vault structure approximately eight and one half (8.5) feet above concrete surface without utilizing fall protection equipment.    c)  On or about 6-25-14, an employee who was installing trusses was walking on the wall top plate approximately eleven (11) feet above compacted surface without utilizing fall protection equipment.

Issued

2014-07-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $880.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    a)  On or about 6-25-14, an employee who was utilizing a ten ft. step ladder was accessing/exiting the top surface of a vault structure approximately eight and one half (8.5) feet above concrete surface without grab rails at least three (3) feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

2014-07-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:   a)      On or about 6-25-14, an employee who was installing trusses was working from the eighth rung of a folded/closed self-supporting ten (10) ft. step ladder above concrete surface with the ladder top leaning against a wall.