OSHA Inspection: WARREN TAYLOR

Issued

Dec 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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 systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), 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:    Location: Jobsite    Employer did not ensure employee was protected from falls while working on roof, reinforcing roof trusses overhead

Issued

Dec 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8):     Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder.    Location: Jobsite    Employee was working from a ladder that was not secured at the roofs edge where employee fell from the ladder.

Issued

Dec 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    Location: Jobsite    Employee was using an extension ladder to access the roof that did not extend 3 feet above the roofs edge.

Issued

Dec 5, 2012

Abate by

Jan 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards:    Location:  Jobsite    The employer did not ensure employee received training in the safe use of ladders.