OSHA Inspection: RBY CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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.    Worksite: The employees who were installing asphalt roofing shingles with pneumatic nail guns were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)        Worksite: The metal frame scaffold platforms that employees were working from at a height of approximately 11 feet 3 inches above the ground were not fully planked.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:      Worksite: The metal frame scaffold that employees were working from at a height of approximately 11 feet 3 inches above the ground did not rest on base plates, sill plates or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:      Worksite:  The metal frame scaffold that employees were working from at a height of approximately 11 feet 3 inches above the ground was not erected under the supervision of a person competent in scaffold erection.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.        Worksite: The employees who were working from metal frame scaffolds without fall protection at heights of approximately 11 feet and 3 inches above the ground were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.        Worksite: The employees who were working from the metal frame scaffold platforms at a height of approximately 11 feet 3 inches above the ground were not protected from fall hazards by the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:        Worksite: The employees who were working on the 10 in 12 pitch roof with an eave height of approximately 12 feet 3 inches above the ground were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:        Worksite: The employees who were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet 3 inches above the ground while working on the 10 in 12 pitch roof were not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support).        Worksite: The extension ladder that was used to gain access to the roof of the building under construction was not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top supports to the feet of the ladders were approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladders (the distance along the ladder between the foot and top support).