OSHA Inspection: EXTREME CONTRACTOR INC

Issued

Feb 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

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:      On 11-04-11, employees who were performing roofing work were utilizing Bostitch and Hitachi pneumatic nail guns without wearing eye protection.      No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Feb 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

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:      On 11-04-11, employees were working on a low slope roof with an eave edge greater than seventeen (17) feet above compacted surface without utilizing any fall protection equipment.      No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required.

Issued

Feb 13, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1):     The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer:      Employer did not certify employee fall protection training for employees who were not utilizing any fall protection equipment when working on a roof at a height greater than seventeen feet.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Feb 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladders length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigied support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist emmployees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:      On 11-04-11, employees were using a thirty (30) foot extension ladder to access/egress a roof work surface at a height greater than twenty (20) feet without any grab rails above the upper landing surface.      No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Feb 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:      On 11-04-11, employees who were utilizing a thirty (30) foot extension ladder had positioned the ladder for use with the base of the ladder greater than six (7) feet vertically from the top of the ladder positioned on an apartment house fascia at a height less than 25 feet above surface level.      No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Feb 13, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii):     The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling the ladders and/or stairways:      On 11-04-11, employees did not recognized the fall hazard associated with utilizing an extension ladder to access/egress a roof work surface at a height greater than twenty (20) feet without any grab rails above the upper landing surface.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required.