OSHA Inspection: PICKETT AND DUNN ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC.

Issued

Oct 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $607 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1):     When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they shall be equipped with such guards when in use.    a. On the north side of the building, employees were cutting metal roofing with a hand-held grinder with a cutting blade without the guard in place, thereby being exposed to contact or struck by hazards.

Issued

Oct 10, 2012

Abate by

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(8):     Horizontal lifelines shall be designed, installed, and used, under the supervision of a qualified person, as part of a complete personal fall arrest system, which maintains a safety factor of at least two.    a. On the north/west second story roof of the jobsite, employees were using a horizontal lifeline attached to a flagpole as part of a personal fall arrest system, thereby being exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 10, 2012

Abate by

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15)(i):     Anchorages used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment shall be independent of any anchorage being used to support or suspend platforms and capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached, or shall be designed, installed, and used as part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two.    a. On the 2nd story roof of the building, employees were using a aluminum flagpole as an anchorage point for their personnal fall arrest systems and a horizontial lifeline, thereby being exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 10, 2012

Abate by

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(e)(8)(i):     Unless the snaphook is a locking type and designed for the following connections, snaphooks shall not be engaged directly to webbing, rope or wire rope.         a. On the 2nd story roof of the building, employees lifelines and lanyard snaphooks were wrapped around a flagpole and connected back to themselves and the rope of the horizontal lifeline, thereby exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 10, 2012

Abate by

Oct 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $747 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c)(3):     "Retraining." When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section, the employer shall retrain each such employee. Circumstances where retraining is required include, but are not limited to, situations where inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding or skill.    Note: The following appendices to subpart M of this part serve as non-mandatory guidelines to assist employers in complying with the appropriate requirements of subpart M of this part.  [59 FR 40738, Aug. 9, 1994; 60 FR 5131, Jan. 26, 1995]    a. At the jobsite, employees were performing roofing work on the first and second stories of the building with incorrect/inadequate or no fall protection use, thereby being exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 10, 2012

Abate by

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,566 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):     Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.    a. On the west side of the building, employees on the roof of the 1st story were using a closed stepladder leaned against the wall to work on the roof of the 2nd story, thereby being exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 10, 2012

Abate by

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13):     The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.    a. On the west side of the building where employees were working from the 1st story on the 2nd story roof, employees were standing on the top stem of the stepladder, thereby being exposed to a fall hazard.