OSHA Inspection: REAL SIDING, INC.

Issued

Jan 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,870 · Current $748 Reduced

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) Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working beneath overhead hazards such as tools and scaffold components without protective helmets on.

Issued

Jan 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,870 · Current $748 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end.    a) An employee was exposed to fall hazards of 16 feet 6 inches to the ground below while working from a pump jack scaffold that extended over its supports by approximately 42 inches.

Issued

Jan 28, 2013

Abate by

Feb 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $2,464 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) Hazards-Operation/Condition-Accident  An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of up to 16 feet 6 inches to the ground below while working on the soffit from a pump jack scaffold without fall protection.      REAL SIDING, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD, 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1), OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 314636846, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 001, ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 01, 1010, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 1034 CARMICHLE COURT ROSWELL, GA. 30061 WHICH BECAME FINAL ON NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Issued

Jan 28, 2013

Abate by

Feb 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1):     The employer did not verify fall protection training by preparing a written certification record.(a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS)(DESCRIBE HAZARD(S) WHERE NECESSARY)    a) An employee was working 16 feet 6 inches above ground level and the employer had not certified fall protection training had been accomplished.