OSHA Inspection: 8 POINT CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING, INC.

Issued

Jul 2, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    (a) Jobsite - 368 Wilson Avenue, Beaver, PA: On or about June 7, 2012, employees were observed using a ladder jack scaffold measuring approximately 18 feet in height without being protected from falling to lower levels.

Issued

Jul 2, 2012

Abate by

Jul 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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.    (a) Jobsite - 368 Wilson Avenue, Beaver, PA: On or about June7, 2012, employees working on a ladder jack scaffold approximately eighteen feet high were not provided with scaffold training.

Issued

Jul 2, 2012

Abate by

Jul 17, 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:    (a) Jobsite - 368 Wilson Avenue, Beaver, PA: On or about June 7, 2012, employees working at heights of approximately 20 feet were not provided with fall protection training.

Issued

Jul 2, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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)    (a) Jobsite - 368 Wilson Avenue, Beaver, PA: On or about June 7, 2012, employees were not protected from falling approximately twenty feet while installing shingles on an 8:12 pitched residential roof.