OSHA Inspection: DAVID HOYT

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Apr 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):  The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury.    Jobsite:  The employer did not train the employees in the recognition and avoidance of electrical and flying object hazards or the regulations to control or eliminate them.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Apr 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    Jobsite:  The employees, working from the elevated platforms of the pump-jack and roof bracket scaffolds, were not trained in the recognition of scaffold hazards or the procedures designed to control or eliminate them.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Apr 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Jobsite:  The employees, engaged in roofing work, were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to follow in order to minimize them.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Apr 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Jobsite:  The employees, accessing the roof via the erected extension ladder(s), were not trained to recognize the azards related to ladders or the procedures to be followed to minimize the hazards.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,000 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.    Jobsite:  The employees, operating the pneumatic nail guns to fasten the asphalt shingles to the roof, were not provided with eye protection

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i):  Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites.    Jobsite:  The extension cord, used by the employees to power an electric air compressor and radio, was not GFCI protected.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6):  The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:    Jobsite:  The ground circuit of the extension cord, used by the employees to power an electric air compressor, was not continuous.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1)(i):  Safety of equipment was not determined on the basis of suitability of the equipment for an identified purpose as evidenced by listing, labeling, or certification for that identified purpose.    Jobsite:  The four inch wall mount electrical box at the end of the extension cord and powering the air compressor, was not listed, labeled or certified for this type of use.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    Jobsite:  The upright poles of the pump-jack scaffold were not bearing on base plates, mud sills or other firm foundation.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Jobsite:  The pump-jack scaffold, used by the employees engaged in roofing work, was not inspected by a competent person prior to the work shift.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    Jobsite:  The pump-jack scaffold, used by the employees engaged in roofing work, was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2):  Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.    Jobsite:  The upright poles, of the pump-jack scaffold used by the employees engaged in roofing work, were not braced by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    Jobsite:  The side rails of the two extension ladders, used by the employees to access the elevated pump-jack scaffold platform and the roof, did not extend at least 3 feet beyond the surface accessed.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15):  Ladder(s) were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and/or after an occurrence that could have affected their safe use:    Jobsite:  The 32 foot fiberglass extension ladder, used by the employees to access the roof, was not inspected by a competent person periodically.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16):  Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.    Jobsite:  The 32 foot fiberglass extension ladder with a delaminating side rail, used by the employees to access the roof, was not tagged "Do Not Use" or taken out of service.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):  Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    Jobsite:  The employees, walking/working on the elevated platforms of the pump-jack and roof bracket scaffolds, were not protected from the hazard of falling.

Issued

Mar 14, 2012

Abate by

Mar 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):   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 (b)  Note:  If using these systems was infeasible or created a greater hazard, the employer should develop and implement a fall protection plan meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.    Jobsite:   The employees, walking/working on the roof while engaged in roofing activities, were not protected from the hazard of falling to lower levels.