OSHA Inspection: ROBERT ROSS CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2021-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3511.00 · Current $1756.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):  It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part; such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.  On October 30, 2020, at 1008 Mcindoe Street in Wausau, Wisconsin, the employer did not ensure that a competent person was performing frequent and regular inspections that could have recognized the fall from elevation hazards associated with employees working from scaffolding.  Employees were working from scaffold planks supported by the top caps of stepladders eight feet above surface level. There was no grab rail and/or device available to access/egress the work platform, the top of a stepladder was used as a step, and the scaffold plank was positioned above the second highest rungs exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2021-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(n)(1):  Step, platform, and trestle ladder scaffolds.  Scaffold platforms shall not be placed any higher than the second highest rung or step of the ladder supporting the platform.   On October 30, 2020, at 1008 Mcindoe Street in Wausau, Wisconsin, employees were working from scaffold platforms positioned on the top caps of stepladders eight feet above surface level.

Issued

2021-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least three feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.  On October 30, 2020, at 1008 Mcindoe Street in Wausau, Wisconsin, employees were using eight-foot stepladders to access/egress scaffold platforms eight feet above surface level without any grasping devices and without securing the top of the ladders.

Issued

2021-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.   On October 30, 2020, at 1008 Mcindoe Street in Wausau, Wisconsin, employees were using the top of stepladders as a step, eight feet above surface level; a scaffold plank was positioned on the top caps of two stepladders as a work platform.

Issued

2021-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):  The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on 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; the training shall include but not limited to the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards, and falling object hazards in the work area and any other pertinent requirements of this subpart.  On October 30, 2020, at 1008 Mcindoe Street in Wausau, Wisconsin,  the employer did not provide required scaffold safety training for employees exposed to fall hazards while working on scaffold platforms.  Employees were working from scaffold planks supported by the top caps of stepladders, eight feet above surface level. There was no grab rail and/or device available to access/egress the work platform, the top of a stepladder was used as a step, and the scaffold plank was positioned above the second highest rungs, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2021-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer shall have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question including the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question.  On October 30, 2020, at 1008 Mcindoe Street in Wausau, Wisconsin, the employer did not provide required scaffold assembly/disassembly safety training for employees who assemble ladder scaffolding.

Issued

2021-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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; employees shall be trained, as necessary, in the following:  the nature of fall hazards in the work area, the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used, the use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used, and the standards contained in this subpart.    On October 30, 2020, at 1008 Mcindoe Street in Wausau, Wisconsin, the employer did not provide required fall protection safety training for employees working at heights greater than six feet including framing and siding work on a two-story residential home.