OSHA Inspection: GUPPY'S MOBILE/MODULAR TRANSPORT INC.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):  "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted:    On the roof of a mobile trailer on the north end of a construction site located at 10000 Innovation Way in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  Employees performing roof work on a low slope roof approximately 13 ft. 6 inches above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level, on or about May 15, 2012.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Abate by

Jul 12, 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:    On a construction site located at 10000 Innovation Way in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  Employees performing roof work on a low slope roof approximately 13 ft. 6 inches above a lower level were not provided with a training program for them to recognize fall hazards, on or about May 15, 2012.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

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:    On the roof edge of a mobile trailer located on the north end of a construction site located at 10000 Innovation Way in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  Employees gaining access to a low slope roof approximately 13 ft. 6 inches above a lower level using a portable ladder did not have the side rails of that ladder extending at least 3 ft. past the upper landing surface, on or about May 15, 2012.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6):  Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:    On the roof edge of a mobile trailer located on the north end of a construction site located at 10000 Innovation Way in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  Employees gaining access to a low slope roof approximately 13 ft. 6 inches above a lower level using a portable ladder did not have that ladder secured to prevent accidental displacement, on or about May 15, 2012.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Abate by

Jul 12, 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:    On a construction site located at 10000 Innovation Way in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  The employer did not provide a training program for employees using ladders to gain access to a work level, on or about May 15, 2012.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Abate by

Jul 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):  It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.    On a construction site located at 10000 Innovation Way in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  The company did not implement a safety and health program, on or about May 15, 2012.