OSHA Inspection: WV HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Issued

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i):  Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:    a) Jobsite, 1414 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA:  On or about December 14, 2012, employees were working on a commercial, wooden roof with unprotected holes and were exposed to fall hazards from 30 to 15 feet to the ground below.  The employees were wearing body belts as fall protection which is not an acceptable practice.

Issued

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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:    a) Jobsite, 1414 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA:  On or about December 14, 2012, the employer did not develop, implement or provide a training program for employees who are exposed to fall hazards of approximately 15 feet to ensure employees can recognize the hazards associated with the type of work performed and the procedures and equipment to use to minimize the hazards.

Issued

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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:    a) Jobsite, 1414 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA:  On or about December 14, 2012, employees were using an aluminum extension ladder to acess the roof and this ladder only extended about 24 inches above the roof.  The fall hazard to the employees was approximately 15 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5600.00 · Current $2800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):  Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and fuardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:    a) Jobsite, 1414 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA:  On or about December 14, 2012, employees were working on a commerical roof and were not protected from falling.  The pitch of the roof was 10 in 12, 30 feet to the peak, and the fall hazard to the employees was approximately 15 feet from the lower roof to the ground below.    WV Home Improvements was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 707818, citation number 1, item 2a and was affirmed as final order on January 11, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 806 Summit Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15132.

Issued

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $2208.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d):  The employer used body belts as part of a personal fall arrest system:Note:  The use of a body belt in a positioning device system is acceptable and is regulated under paragraph (e) of this section.    a) Jobsite, 1414 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA:  On or about December 14, 2012, employees were observed working on a commercial roof that measured approximately 30 feet from the ground to the peak and a roof pitch of 10 in 12, wearing a body belt as the only means of fall protection, while tearing off old shingles on a church roof.     WV Home Improvements was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.502(d), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 707818, citation number 1, item 2b and was affirmed as final order on January 11, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 806 Summit Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15132.