OSHA Inspection: CHRIS MCHUGH DBA MCHUGH BUILDERS

Issued

Jun 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):  The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:      Chris McHugh dba McHugh Builders, failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:      Citation Number                       Item Number                            Abatement Date   01                                            1                                              05/15/2015   01                                            2a                                            05/15/2015   01                                            2b                                            05/15/2015      In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

May 11, 2015

Abate by

Jul 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.  Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:      a) Employees required to erect a supported scaffold performed such activities without training or the direction of a competent person.

Issued

May 11, 2015

Abate by

May 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Each scaffold platform and walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    (a)  The platform that was provided by the employer for the employees to work from was only 12 inches wide.

Issued

May 11, 2015

Abate by

May 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a)  Supported scaffold legs did not bear on base plates.

Issued

May 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor were the employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):    a)  Employees performing carpentry work were exposed to falls of approximately 10 feet to the ground from an unprotected walkway on the second story overlooking the staircase.      b)  Employees performing carpentry work were exposed to falls of up to 15 feet from unprotected window openings on the second floor of the single family house.     c)  Employees were unprotected from the hazard of falling approximately 20.6 feet while sheeting the roof to a new single family house.     d)  Employees performing carpentry work were exposed to falls of approximately 8.3 feet from an unprotected open hole leading down into the basement of the house.

Issued

May 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(4): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structural members, shall be provided between the top rail of the stairrail system and the stairway steps.    (A)  A midrail was not provided between the top rail of the stairrail system and the stairway steps as required.

Issued

May 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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)  Employees were using an extension ladder which did not extend 3 feet above the upper landing being accessed.