OSHA Inspection: PIOTR HELDAK

Issued

2012-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):  The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:    Piotr Heldak dba Peter H. Construction, Inc. failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:    Citation Number 		Item Number			Abatement Date  01			03				8/29/2012    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2012-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  Portable ladder, hook-on ladder, attachable ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, runway, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used to access scaffold platforms more than 2 feet above or below a point of access:    a)  Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 19 feet while accessing a ladder jack scaffold..    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2012-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    a)  Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 19 feet.    No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2012-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    a)  Employees performing roofing work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 21.3 feet.    No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2012-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $750.00 Reduced

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)  Employees exposed to fall hazards were not provided the training needed to recognize and correct those hazards.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).