OSHA Inspection: HOOKER CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2016-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5487.00 · Current $3840.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    (a) Jobsite - On or about July 20, 2016 employees in an aerial lift elevated 30 feet high were installing aluminum siding to soffit of a building.  An employee was working below without head protection was cutting and attaching material to  a hoisting rope.

Issued

2016-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4664.00 · Current $3264.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    (a) Jobsite - On or about July 20, 2016 employees in Aerial lift installing aluminum siding to soffit were using an pneumatic air nail gun without wearing eye protection.

Issued

2016-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $34296.00 · Current $24008.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.      Note to paragraph (b)(2)(v): As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e).    (a) Jobsite- On or about July 20, 2016 employees working from an aerial lift were installing aluminum siding to the soffit 30 feet high without fall protection.    Hooker Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 1926.453(b)(2)(v), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1056372, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as final order on 6/16/2015, with respect to the workplace located at 1 Sorority Road Oxford, MS 38655.     Hooker Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 1926.453(b)(2)(v), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315307652, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as final order on 3/22/2012, with respect to a workplace located at 742 Jackson Avenue Oxford, MS 38655.