OSHA Inspection: ERVIN MILLER ROOFING

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a) Jobsite, 1521 Kenneth Avenue, Arnold, PA: On or about August 29, 2012, during wood cutting activities with a chain saw, the employer did not ensure that eye/face protection was used where employees were exposed to flying debris from wood cutting activities.

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:      a) Jobsite 1521 Kenneth Avenue, Arnold, PA: On or about August 29, 2012, during roofing activities on a home, the employer did not ensure that fall protection systems/devices were in use where workers were exposed to falls of up to approximately 20 feet.

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a) Jobsite, 1521 Kenneth Avenue, Arnold, PA: On or about August 29, 2012, prior to roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that fall protection training was provided for employees where exposed to falls up to approximately 20 feet. Employees either used no fall protection while working at heights, or would tie a rope to one worker while the another worker held the opposite end of the rope to prevent falls.

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    a) Jobsite, 1521 Kenneth Avenue, Arnold, PA: On or about August 29, 2012, during roofing activites, the employer did not ensure that the ladder, used to get up/down to/from the porch roof was extended only approximately 18" above the roof line, which exposed an employee to a fall hazard of approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Programs did not provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers:    a) Jobsite, 1521 Kenneth Avenue, Arnold, PA: On or about August 29, 2012, during roofing activites, the employer did not ensure that a safety and health program existed at the worksite. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, the lack of fall proteciton use, not using eye/face protection and ladders not being properly extended.