OSHA Inspection: BEST KC CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2021-09-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2341.00 · Current $1405.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   At the jobsite located at 17041 Barton Overland Park, KS, employees engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling tools or materials in that hard hats were not provided.

Issued

2021-09-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3511.00 · Current $2107.00 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:  At jobsite located at 17041 Barton, Overland Park, KS , employees engaged in residential framing activities using a pneumatic nail gun were exposed to struck-by hazards in that eye protection was not utilized.

Issued

2021-09-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2341.00 · Current $1522.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:   At jobsite located at 17041 Barton, Overland Park, KS, employees engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to electrical and fire hazards in that the jacket of the power cord supplying power to the Makita charging station had pulled back on the connector.

Issued

2021-09-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2662.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  At jobsite located at 17041 Barton, Overland Park, KS, employees engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet from the ceiling joists to the concrete below in that fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

2021-09-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1756.00 Reduced

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:  At the jobsite located at 17041 Barton, Overland Park, KS, employees engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet from the ceiling joists to the concrete below in that fall protection training was not provided.

Issued

2021-09-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2662.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  At the jobsites located at 17041 Barton, Overland Park, KS, employees engaged in residential framing activities were exposed to falls from approximately 12 feet from the roof to the ground below, in that the aluminum ladder used to access the roof did not extend 3 feet from the eave of the roof.