OSHA Inspection: TOTAL HOME RENOVATIONS INC.

Issued

Dec 21, 2011

Abate by

Feb 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):     The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:    Total Home Renovations, Inc. failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:    Citation Number 		Item Number			Abatement Date  01			01				09/19/2011  01			02				09/19/2011  01			03				09/19/2011  01			04a				09/19/2011  01			04b				09/19/2011    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Sep 16, 2011

Abate by

Sep 19, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $4,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502.    a)  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to 19.8 feet while performing roofing work.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Sep 16, 2011

Abate by

Sep 19, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

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:    a)  Employees were not provided training to recognize and provent hazards associated with falling.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Sep 16, 2011

Abate by

Sep 19, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

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:    a)  Extension ladders used to access to roof did not extend 3 feet about the roof eave.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Sep 16, 2011

Abate by

Sep 19, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):    Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:    a)  An extension ladder was disassembled and the halves used to bridge one roof to the other.      In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Sep 16, 2011

Abate by

Sep 19, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): \r\n\r\nNon-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 (the distance along the ladder between the foot and top support).\r\n\r\na)  Extension ladders were used to bridge one roof to another and were not setup at a 4:1 angle.\r\n\r\nIn accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).