OSHA Inspection: GERALD COUDEN HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 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):      Jobsite:  An employee working on a roof overhang approximately 9 feet above ground was not protected from fall hazards by the use of guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jul 2, 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:    Jobsite:  An employee working on a roof overhang approximately 9 feet above ground level was not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:      Jobsite: The side rails of the Werner 16 foot aluminum extension ladder, used by an employee to gain access to a roof, did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.