OSHA Inspection: EVANS LANDSCAPING, INC.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $13127.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1):  Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a)Employees were observed utilizing the northwestern most exterior entrance doorway which was directly adjacent to a perimeter exterior unprotected floors side or edge along the west side of the structure, in that there was an approximately 18 foot section which was inadequately protected by a guardrail system equipped with a single 48 inch high top rail only exposing employees to fall potentials in excess of 10 feet.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $13127.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.     a)Employees were observed utilizing an entrance doorway directly adjacent to a perimeter exterior unprotected floors side or edge with an inadequate guardrail system exposed to fall potentials in excess of 10 feet who were not trained or knowledgeable of the procedures or regulations to minimize those fall hazards

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(v): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and stairways had been trained by a competent person in the standards contained in Subpart X.    a)Employees were observed utilizing a stairway system with an unprotected side or edge which was inadequately protected by a guardrail system with a top rail only exposed to falls in excess of 10 feet who were not trained or knowledgeable of the procedures or regulations to minimize those stairway systems fall hazards.

Issued

2019-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $13127.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, shall be equipped with at least one handrail and one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:     a)Employees were observed utilizing an inadequately protected stairway system to access the mezzanine work area of the structure, in that the stairway system had an unprotected side or edge along the west side which was inadequately protected by a guardrail system equipped with a single top rail only exposing employees to fall potentials in excess of 10 feet.