OSHA Inspection: GRACEFUL WINDS, INC.

Issued

Nov 2, 2012

Abate by

Nov 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 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:    Jobsite:  The employee, working on the roof without fall protection, was not trained in the recognition of fall hazards or the procedures to control them.

Issued

Nov 2, 2012

Abate by

Nov 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c):  The employer did not retrain affected employees  who already had been trained but demonstrated inadequate  understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section:    Jobsite:  The employee, working on the roof and exposed to the hazard of falling, was not adequately trained to identify the fall hazards he was exposed to or the procedures to control or minimize them.

Issued

Nov 2, 2012

Abate by

Nov 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards:    Jobsite:  The employee, accessing the roof via the aluminum extension ladder, was not trained in the recognition of  ladder hazards or the procedures necessary to control them.

Issued

Nov 2, 2012

Abate by

Nov 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(b):  The employer did not provide retraining as necessary for each employee using ladders and stairways so that the employee maintained the understanding and knowledge acquired through prior training:    Jobsite:  The employee, accessing the roof via the aluminum extension ladder, was not retrained to identify the hazards related to ladders he was exposed to or the procedures to control or minimize them.

Issued

Nov 2, 2012

Abate by

Nov 7, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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.    Jobsite:  The employees, engaged in framing and roofing activities on the roof of the building, were not protected from the hazard of falling lower levels.

Issued

Nov 2, 2012

Abate by

Nov 2, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    Jobsite: The siderails of the ladder, used by the employees to access the roof, did not extend three feet beyond the roof surface.