OSHA Inspection: ON TIME REMODELING

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):         Location: Jobsite, 479 King Street    a) Employees removing and replacing a roof on site were working without fall protection, thus exposing employees to the hazard of falling up to 20 feet to the ground below on or about 01/18/13.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1120.00 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:        Location: Jobsite, 479 King Street    a) Employees removing and replacing a plywood roof on site without fall protection were not trained to recognize and avoid fall hazards, thus exposing employees to falling up to twenty feet to the ground below on or about 01/18/13.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:        Location: 479 King Street    a) Employees removing and replacing a residential roof were using an extension ladder to access the roof that was not extended three feet above the roof landing, thus exposing employees to falling up to three floors to the ground below on or about 01/18/13.