OSHA Inspection: M.A.M. CONTRACTING INC.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(4): Ladders used to support ladder jacks shall be placed, fastened, or equipped with devices to prevent slipping.    WORKSITE: The ladders used to support the ladder jack scaffold were not secured to prevent accidental displacement.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.     WORKSITE: The employees, engaged in roofing activities from scaffolding were not provided with training in the recognition of hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall 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.    WORKSITE: The employees, engaged in roofing activities on an 8 in 12 pitched roof were not provided with training in the recognition of hazards associated with falls or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    WORKSITE: The employees using a ladder during roofing activities were not provided with training in the recognition of hazards associated with ladders, or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): A stairway or ladder shall be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist is provided.    WORKSITE: The employees, climbing onto the roof from the ladder jack scaffold were not provided with an adequate means to access the roof.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall 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 is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be 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. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.    WORKSITE: The 32 foot aluminum extension ladder, used to access the roof did not extend at least three feet above the roof and no handhold or equivalent was provided.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders shall be used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder is approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support).    WORKSITE: The 32 foot aluminum extension ladder, used to access the roof and ladder jack scaffold was set up set up at an angle where the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder exceeded one quarter (1/4) of the working length of the ladder.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): An employee shall not carry any object or load that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall.     WORKSITE: The employee was manually carrying roofing materials up the 32 foot aluminum extension ladder to the ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $5,600

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 shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system;    WORKSITE: The employees, installing cedar shingles from a ladder jack scaffold, were not protected from falling 11-8 ? by an appropriate fall protection system.  	  M.A.M. Contracting Inc., was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent occupational safety and health standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 279014, citation number 1, item number 3, affirmed as a final order on 5/17/2012 with respect to a workplace located at 360 Federal Road, Brookfield, CT.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $5,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. Exception: When the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.    WORKSITE: 1926.501 (b) (13): The employees, engaged in roofing activities on an 8 in 12 pitched roof were not protected from falling 14 feet by an appropriate fall protection system.    M.A.M. Contracting Inc., was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent occupational safety and health standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 279014, citation number 1, item number 4, affirmed as a final order on 5/17/2012 with respect to a workplace located at 360 Federal Road, Brookfield, CT.