OSHA Inspection: ANDERO'S BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Nov 2, 2012

Abate by

Nov 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1):     The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.    The employer failed to provide documentation regarding the abatement of teh following cited hazards:    a.  Employee working from an articulating boom platform was not provided fall protection.  b.  Employees were not trained on the hazards associated with falls from articulating boom platforms.  c.  Employees working from a low sloped roof at a heighth greater than 6 feet were not provided fall protection.  d.  Employees were not trained on the hazards of falls or fall protection procedures.

Issued

Sep 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:    Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated    An employee was working out of an articulating boom platform with no fall protection.

Issued

Sep 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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.        Employees were not trained in the hazards associated with falls in articulating boom platform.

Issued

Sep 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and fuardrail 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, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.      Employees were working form a low sloped roof at a height greater than 6 feet with no fall protection.

Issued

Sep 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:        Employees who were exposed to fall hazards were not trained in fall protection procedures to recognize and minimize those hazards.