OSHA Inspection: BERLIN BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $5500.00

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.  a) Lot 318 Gaither Dr., Middletown, DE - On or about September 18, 2015 the employer failed to provide scaffold training to an employee working from a scaffold platform.

Issued

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $26950.00 · Current $26950.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    a) Lot 318 Gaither Dr., Middletown, DE - On or about September 18, 2015 the employer failed to provide a ladder, ramp, walkway or other means of access, such as using direct access from a personnel hoist or similar surface, to a working platform approximately 11 feet above ground level.  Berlin Builders LLC,  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1073851, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 12/14/15, with respect to a workplace located at 2050 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $53900.00 · Current $53900.00

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.  a) Lot 318 Gaither Dr., Middletown, DE- On or about September 18, 2015 the employer failed to provide an adequate fall protection while an employee was working from a platform exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet above ground level.    Berlin Builders was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29CFR1926.451(g)(1)(vii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1073851, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on December 14, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 2050 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $19250.00 · Current $19250.00

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:  a) Lot 318 Gaither Dr., Middletown, DE - On or about September 18, 2015 the employer failed to provide training to each employee exposed to a fall hazard.   Berlin Builders 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 1107214, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on January 8, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at Lot 393, 394, 395 Ridgemont Dr. Middletown, DE.   Berlin Builders 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 1070291, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on August 10, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 207 Pearl St. Lakewood, NJ.