OSHA Inspection: STEPHEN FOSTER

Issued

Jan 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    On or about 01/16/2013, at the above referenced jobsite, an employee working in an articulating boom platform, 11 feet above ground, was not attached to the bucket with a lanyard.

Issued

Jan 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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 guardrail 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.    On or about 01/16/2013, at the above referenced jobsite, employees were working on a roof 12 feet above the lower level without means of fall protection.

Issued

Jan 31, 2013

Abate by

Feb 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    On or about 01/16/2013, at the above referenced jobsite, employees working on a roof 12 feet above the lower level were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling.

Issued

Jan 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.    On or about 01/16/2013, at the above referenced jobsite, the employer did not ensure that the ladder used by employees to access the roof (12 feet high) was extended at least 3 feet above the landing.