OSHA Inspection: BATCHELOR CONTRACTING & REMODELING

Issued

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $0 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):     Workers were engaged in residential construction re-roofing an existing single-family house. Workers were replacing wooden sheathing material and were exposed to 8.0 and 13.0 foot fall hazards in that a proper method of fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,200 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:      Workers were engaged in residential construction re-roofing an existing single-family house. Workers were exposed to 8.0 and 13.0 foot fall hazards in that the workes were not properly trained in fall  protection criteria.