OSHA Inspection: BEZAI CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $388.00 · Current $388.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section:  The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation No.1 Item No(s). 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent June 7, 2024.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $388.00 · Current $388.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(d)(1): The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, 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.   The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation No. 1 Item No(s). 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 4a, 4b nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent June 7, 2024.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)   Site- Employees were exposed to fall, scaffold collapse, and struck by hazards where the employer did not provide inspections of the worksite conducted by a competent person.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a 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.   Site - An employee exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards while working from a ladder jack scaffold was not provided with scaffold training from the employer.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Site - An employee working from a ladder jack scaffold was exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide for a competent person to inspect the scaffold.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Site - An employee working from a ladder jack scaffold was exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide for a competent person to erect the scaffold.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

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:   Site- Employees working from the ground were not protected from over head struck by injuries where the employer did not require the wearing of head protection.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   Site- An employee operating pneumatic nail gun was not protected from eye injuries where the employer did not require employees to wear eye protection.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  Site - An employee working from a ladder jack scaffold was exposed to a fall of approximately 20 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    Site- An employee accessing a ladder jack scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard where the employer did not provide a separate ladder to access the scaffold platform.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):    Site- An employee working from a low sloped roof was exposed to a fall of approximately 22 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head:   Site- An employee using a personal fall arrest system while working from the roof peak was not protected from fall arresting injuries where their lanyard was connected their harness at the waist.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:   Site- Employees working from the roof were not protected from a fall hazard where a RCG material hoist was used as a ladder.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder:  Site- An employee working from a ladder jack scaffold was not protected from a scaffold collapse hazard where the feet of the two extension ladders supporting the scaffold platform were set significantly more than one-quarter of the working length of the ladders away from the top supports.

Issued

2024-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(6): Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:   Site- An employee working from a ladder jack scaffold was not protected from a scaffold collapse hazard where the two extension ladders supporting the scaffold platform were set on a pile of old shingle debris.