Most Frequently Cited ConstructionStandards

Federal OSHA – FY 2009

OSHA Region VOSHA Region V

February 2010February 2010

#1 1926.501 (b)(13)

• Most the falls are those with no slide guards

• Workers can slip on shingle or felt to start slipping

No slide protection used

Shingling Abatement

• Slide guards used when:• Roof Slope 8/12 or less• Eaves to lower level is 25

feet or less• Otherwise Convention

Fall protection must be used

• Must be through each truss with a 16p nail

• A 2x4 nailed flat is not acceptable

Example of slide guard.

Roof Sheathing

• Conventional Fall Protection or Alternative Fall Protection requiring:

• Monitor• CAZ• Slideguard• Training

No slide guards used

Sheathing Abatement

Conventional Fall Protection used

Slideguards used on the roofs.

Top Plate

• The worker has to get on the top plate to give leverage and assist the center man with the large truss.

• The interim protection rules, NAHB, RCEC, and carpenters all state that it is a violation, however, many contractors still think it is ok.

Floor Openings

• Many falls through openings were stair openings

Violation: Floor opening with no guardrails.

Floor Opening Abatement

Violation: 4' x 8' sheets of plywood covering a stairway opening to the basement of a house. Only four nails hold the two covers. The cover is not marked.

No Violation: Guardrails used

#2 1926.501(b)(1)

• No midrails on the commercial building.

• Found quite a bit at elevator shafts, and stairwells also.

#3 1926.503(a)(1)

• This is a program requirement. Many use job safety analysis to determine potential hazards faced in construction.

#4 1926.100(a)

• No Hard Hats • When working around

the bucket of a back hoe, hard hats should be worn.

#5 1926.1053(b)(1)

• Ladder not extending over the edge 3 feet

#6 1926.453(b)(2)(v)

• No Fall Protection in aerial lifts.

• Worker in photo is wearing a full body harness for fall arrest.

#7 1926.451 (g)(1)

• No guard rails on scaffolds.

• Often ends are not protected.

• The Cross bracing may serve as ONE of the rails only if it meets certain height criteria.

#8 1926.451 (e)(1)

• Unsafe Access to scaffold.

• No using the cross bracing to climb.

• Have a maximum spacing between rungs of 16 3/4 inches

#9 1926.451(b)(1)

• Scaffolds not fully planked.

#10 1926.454(a)

• Scaffold Training

Next five

• 1926.102(a)(1) – eye protection

• 1926.20(b)(1) – safety programs

• 1926.21(b)(2) – Training• 1926.652(a)(1) – cave-in

protection• 1926.652(a)(1) No cave-

in protection trench

Resources

• www.osha.gov• Compliance Assistance Specialists in OSHA

offices• On-site Consultation• Quick Takes

http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes• Comments or Corrections go to John Newquist• Newquist.john@dol.gov or 312-353-5977

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