OSHA Inspection: BERGERON FRAMING, INC.

Issued

2016-07-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $1000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  On or about July 6, 2016, for the inspection site on 10601 Gandy Boulevard North in Saint Petersburg, FL:  a) Abatement documentation was not provided for citation 1 item 1a, and  b) Abatement documentaion was not provided for citaion 1 item 1b.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:       (a) At the job site, employees erecting wood trusses exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 40 feet. Feasible conventional fall protection methods such as but no limited to scissor lifts or booms, bracket scaffolding attached to the inside or outside of the exterior walls, spreader bars attached to roof trusses, work practices (completing truss sections, erecting and sheeting a series of trusses on the ground and then lifting the unit into place with a crane) to minimize the risk of falls while employees were erecting wood trusses and exposed to fall hazard of approximately 40 feet on or about were not provided as observed on or about 01/21/2016.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(k)(6): The fall protection plan did not include a written discussion of other measures that will be taken to reduce or eliminate the fall hazard for workers who cannot be provided with protection from the conventional fall protection systems. For example, the employer did not discuss the extent to which scaffolds, ladders, or vehicle mounted work platforms can be used to provide a safer working surface and thereby reduce the hazard of falling.    a) At the job site, the fall protection plan did not consider other alternative fall protection systems criteria and practices such as but not limited to the use scissor lifts or booms, bracket scaffolding attached to the inside or outside of the exterior walls, spreader bars attached to roof trusses, work practices (completing truss sections, erecting and sheeting a series of trusses on the ground and then lifting the unit into place with a crane) to minimize the risk of falls while employees were erecting wood trusses and exposed to fall hazard of approximately 40 feet, on or about 01/21/2016.