OSHA Inspection: JGE ASSOCIATES LLC

Issued

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    (a) Worksite, south side of home. Employees sheathing the exterior walls directly below roof work were not provided with head protection, on or about 6/29/12.    Note: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the case file, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    (a) Worksite - Northeast side of home. Employee was not wearing eye protection while operating a ciruclar saw and pneumatic nail gun and was exposed to physical eye injury, on or about 6/29/12.    Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Moving part(s) of equipment exposed to contact by employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:    (a) Worksite, Northeast side of home. The pneumatic compressor did not have a guard in place that covered the belts and pulleys, on or about 6/29/12.      Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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)    Note:  If using these systems was infeasible or created a greater hazard, the employer should develop and implement a fall protection plan meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.    (a) Worksite, Northeast side of home. Employee working near the edge of a steep roof, approximately 20 feet above the ground below, was not provided with fall protection, on or about 6/29/12.    Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement document for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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) Worksite - Northeast side of home. Employees working near the edge of a steep roof (6in12), aprroximately 20 feet above the ground below, were not trained to recognize or methods to minimize the fall hazards; on or about 6/29/12.      Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accrodance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-15 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.    (a) Worksite, Northeast side of home. Employee accessing the roof with a portable ladder that extended 18 inches beyond the landing was not trained to recognize or methods to minimize the fall hazards; on or about 6/29/12.    Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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:    (a) Workiste - Northeast side of home. Employee was using a portable ladder to access the roof that extended approximately 18 inches above the landing; on or about 6/29/12.    Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.