OSHA Inspection: SANS POINTE, INC.

Issued

Jul 19, 2012

Abate by

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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.    Worksite: The employees who were installing asphalt roofing shingles with pneumatic nail guns were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Jul 19, 2012

Abate by

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      Worksite:  The employees who were accessing a ladder jack scaffold platform at a height of approximately 19 feet 4 inches above the ground were not provided with a safe means of access to the platform.

Issued

Jul 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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.    worksite: The ladder jack scaffold that employees were working from at a height of approximately 19 feet 4 inches above the ground was not erected under the supervision of a person competent in scaffold erection.

Issued

Jul 19, 2012

Abate by

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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.    Woksite: The employees who were working from the ladder jack scaffold platform at a height of approximately 19 feet 4 inches above the ground were not protected from fall hazards by the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Jul 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.    Worksite: The employees who were working from the ladder jack scaffold without fall protection at a height of approximately 19 feet 4 inches above the ground and without safe access to the scaffold platform were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with ladder jack scaffolds.

Issued

Jul 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 9, 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:    Worksite: The employees who were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 21 feet above the ground while working on the 6 pitch roof were not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Jul 19, 2012

Abate by

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Worksite: The employees who were working on the 6 pitch roof with an eave height of approximately 21 feet above the ground were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.