OSHA Inspection: STOLTZFUS CONTRACTING

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Mar 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,200 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 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.  (a) East Wall, Davidson Township Municipal Building, 20 Michelle Road, Sonestown, PA: Employees working on the multiple level roof of the municipal building were exposed to fall from height hazards. The employer did not ensure that fall protection systems and/or devices were used by employees engaged in roofing activities who were exposed to falls of approximately fourteen-foot (14'), as observed on or about March 13, 2013.  (b) East Wall, Davidson Township Municipal Building, 20 Michelle Road, Sonestown, PA: Employees working on the multiple level roof of the municipal building were exposed to fall from height hazards. The employer did not ensure that fall protection systems and/or devices were used by employees engaged in roofing activities who were exposed to a fall of approximately seven-foot, eleven inches (7',11"), as observed on or about March 13, 2013.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c)(2)(i) and (ii), abatement certification is not required for this violation. Abatement was observed during the inspection.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $1,020 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) East Wall, Davidson Township Municipal Building, 20 Michelle Road, Sonestown, PA: Employees that used a telescoping multiladder for access/egress onto the roof of a municipal building were exposed to fall hazards. The employer did not ensure that the side rails of the Werner MT-13 13' Type IA Telescoping MultiLadder extended at least three-foot (3') above the roof, as observed on or about March 13, 2013.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $1,020 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13)  The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step  (a) East Wall, Davidson Township Municipal Building, 20 Michelle Road, Sonestown, PA: An employee using a Werner MT-22 22' Type IA Telescoping MultiLadder as a stepladder was exposed to fall hazards. an employee used the top step of a stepladder as a step, as observed on or about March 13, 2013.