OSHA Inspection: MICHAEL S. DUNN & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Issued

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

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) On or about April 1, 2013 - 201 Industrial Court, Gadsden, AL, employees working at approximately 20 feet above the ground were not provided fall protection while disposing of roofing materials.   (b) On or about April 1, 2013 - 201 Industrial Court, Gadsden, AL, an employee working at approximately 7 feet above the ground was not provided fall protection while installing roofing materials.

Issued

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2640.00 · Current $2640.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:   (a) On or about April 1, 2013 - 201 Industrial Court, Gadsden, AL, a metal ladder being used by employees did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof.   (b) On or about April 1, 2013 - 201 Industrial Court, Gadsden, AL, a metal ladder being used by employees did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof.

Issued

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   (a) On or about April 1, 2013 - 201 Industrial Court, Gadsden, AL, employee(s) using ladders to access the roof had not been trained on ladder safety.

Issued

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $4400.00

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) On or about April 1, 2013 - 201 Industrial Court, Gadsden, AL, employees removing roofing materials were not aware of the fall hazards.   (b) On or about April 1, 2013 - 201 Industrial Court, Gadsden, AL, an employee installing roofing materials from a secondary roofing system was not aware of the fall hazards.  Precision Roofing, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314206848, citation number 01, item number 002 and was affirmed as a final order on 03/08/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 84 Smith Mill Road, Bethlehem, GA 30260.