OSHA Inspection: AMB CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2750.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to fall hazards:      location: beside exterior of the building, L section  on or about: 8/25/14    a) Employees were using a Genie S-45 aerial lift, while installing gutters. The 22 1/2 inch wide basket entrance did not have an acceptable midrail, as the sliding midrail was taped to the toprail. The employees were not tied off using a body belt or harness. The aerial lift was not inspected daily. The employees were exposed to a fall of up to 16'.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3850.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

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:    location: entire site  on or about: 8/1/14    a) Employees were using a Genie S-45 aerial lift, while engaged in roofing and fascia work around the eave of the building. The employees, who were exposed to a fall of up to 25', were not provided with safe aerial lift training.    location: entire site  on or about: 8/25/14    b) Employees were using a Genie S-45 aerial lift, while engaged installing gutters around the eave of the building. The employees, who were exposed to a fall of up to 16', were not provided with safe aerial lift training.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2750.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(i)(1): Each circular hand-fed ripsaw was not guarded by a hood which completely encloses the portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut:      location: outside staging area  on or about: 8/1/14    a) Employees were using a Ryobi 10" table saw RTS31 to rip cut plywood, for the fascia. The blade of the table saw was not guarded.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2750.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The 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:    location: staging area  on or about: 8/1/14    a) Employees were using extension cords to power electrical equipment, including a Milwaukee  7 1/4" circular saw and a Ryobi 10" table saw RTS31. The employees were not provided with GFCI protection or an assured equipment grounding conductor program.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3850.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(iv): Employee(s) working in an aerial lift were not standing firmly on the floor of the basket:    location: beside exterior of the building, K&F roof sections  on or about: 8/1/14    a) Employees were using a Genie S-45 aerial lift, while engaged in fascia work around the eave of the building. The employees were climbing and standing on the lift guardrails. The employees were exposed to a fall of up to 25'.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2750.00 · Current $2000.00 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:    location: G,J roof  on or about: 9/20/14    a) An employee, on the roof while preparing to engage in patchwork, was not provided with fall protection. The employee was exposed to a fall of 19 feet.       location: B,F,G,J roof  on or about: 9/20/14    b) An employee, on the roof while engaged in gutter installation, was not provided with fall protection. The employee was exposed to a fall of up to 25 feet.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3850.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:      location: K roof  on or about:   8/1/14    a) An employee, working on a steep roof, was not provided with fall protection. The employee was exposed to a fall of 20 feet.       location: K roof  on or about:   8/25/14    b) Employees, walking on a steep roof, were not provided with fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of 20 feet.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2750.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, 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; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support:      location: wall between roof B and roof F  on or about: 9/20/14    a) An employee was using a ladder to access the top of the wall that was between roof B and the roof F. The A-frame ladder did not reach the top of the wall separating the two roofs.

Issued

2015-01-23 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:    wall between roof B and roof F  on or about: 9/20/14    a) An employee was using a ladder to access the top of the wall that was between roof B and the roof F. The ladder was used in the leaning position. The spreaders were not opened up.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2750.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Each employee did not use at least one hand to grasp the ladder when progressing up and/or down the ladder:    location: beside J roof  on or about: 9/20/14    a) An employee was using a 40' portable metal extension ladder to access the roof.  The employee did not have at least one hand grasp the ladder when progressing up the ladder.      location: beside J roof  on or about: 9/20/14    b) An employee was using a 40' portable metal extension ladder to access an upper part of the exterior wall, below the J roof.  The employee did not have at least one hand grasp the ladder when progressing up the ladder.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2750.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:      location: entire site  on or about: 9/20/14    a) An employee was using a portable extension ladder while engaged in patch work and roofing work. The employee was not provided with ladder safety training.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $38500.00 · Current $30000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:     location: beside exterior of the building, K&F sections  on or about: 8/1/14    a) Employees were using a Genie S-45 aerial lift, while engaged in fascia work around the eave of the building. The employees were not tied off using a body belt or harness. The employees were exposed to a fall of up to 25'.    location: beside exterior of the building, L section  on or about: 8/25/14    b) Employees were using a Genie S-45 aerial lift, while installing gutters around the eave of the building. The employees were not tied off using a body belt or harness. The employees were exposed to a fall of up to 16'.      location: beside exterior of the building, B,F,K,L section  on or about: 9/20/14    c) An employee was using a Genie S-45 aerial lift, while installing gutters around the eave of the building and to access the roof. The employee was not tied off using a body belt or harness. The employee was exposed to a fall of up to 23'.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $38500.00 · Current $30000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system:    location: roof  on or about:   8/1/14    a) Employees engaged in roofing activities, were not provided with fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of 15-25 feet.     location: dormer roof  on or about:  8/25/14    b) Employees, engaged in roofing activities, were not using fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of 11 feet.       location: F section roof  on or about:  8/25/14    c) An employee, engaged in roofing activities, was not using fall protection. The employee was exposed to a fall of 25 feet.       location: G section roof  on or about:  8/25/14    d) Employees, engaged in roofing activities, were not using fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of 19 feet.       The employer, AMB Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314617259, citation number 1, item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on 1/4/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 141 Lower Cross Rd., Stamford, Ct 06813.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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:    location: entire site  on or about: 8/25/14    a) An employee, engaged in roofing activities, was not provided with fall protection training. The employee was exposed to a fall of 19 feet.       The employer, AMB Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314617259, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on 1/4/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 141 Lower Cross Rd., Greenwich, Ct 06831.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(a)(2): A grounded conductor was attached to a terminal or lead so as to reverse designated polarity:    location: room 23  on or about: 8/1/14    a) The outlet, used by employees to power a Milwaukee circular saw, had the hot and neutral wires reversed.