OSHA Inspection: PFAFF ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2012-08-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

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 other provisions of paragraph (b) of this section used to provide an alternative fall protection measure:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a roof because none of the fall protection systems specified above were used to protect employees from falling approximately 8 feet and approximately 9 feet.

Issued

2012-08-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards which enables each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards:    Employees performing roofing functions on a roof, approximately 8 feet and 9 feet high, were exposed to fall hazards and the employees were not provided training which would have enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.

Issued

2012-08-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $2464.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):   It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:  Employees were exposed to fall hazards and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.    PFAFF ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.20(B)(1), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 310797915, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 01A AND WAS AFFIRMED AS FINAL ORDER ON OCTOBER 17, 2007, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT VERMILLION AND HOWARD STREET, PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

Issued

2012-08-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not provide frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment by a competent person:    Employees performing construction activities were exposed to fall hazards and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.    PFAFF ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.20(B)(2), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 310797915, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 01b AND WAS AFFIRMED AS FINAL ORDER ON OCTOBER 17, 2007, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT VERMILLION AND HOWARD STREET, PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

Issued

2012-08-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3520.00 · Current $0.00 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 (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8 feet when using an extension ladder to access a roof to perform roofing operations and the side rails of the ladder extended approximately 18 inches above the landing surface.    PFAFF ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.1053(B)(1), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 310797915, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 04A AND WAS AFFIRMED AS FINAL ORDER ON OCTOBER 17, 2007, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT VERMILLION AND HOWARD STREET, PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

Issued

2012-08-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8 feet when using an extension ladder to access a roof to perform roofing operations and the side rails of the ladder extended approximately 18 inches above the landing surface.  The employer did not provide training for each employee that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.    PFAFF ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.1060(A), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 310797915, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 04C AND WAS AFFIRMED AS FINAL ORDER ON OCTOBER 17, 2007, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT VERMILLION AND HOWARD STREET, PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.