OSHA Inspection: ADAM CLARK CONSTRUCTION, LLC.

Issued

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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) Jobsite: Deerfield Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601; On or before July 31, 2012, employees were working unprotected and exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 feet to ground level while on a 7/12 pitched roof. The employees were applying shingles to a new roof.

Issued

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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) Jobsite: Deerfield Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601; On or before July 31, 2012, the employer  did not train their employee(s) on the hazards associated with falling while appling roofing materials on a steep sloped roof and what fall protection methods shall be used. Employee(s) were anticipating that 2x4's secured on their edges at the eave of the roof would prevent them from falling.