OSHA Inspection: LATINO SIDING CO, INC.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $11,000 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     a) On or about April 25, 2013Job site at 2-26 149 Place Whitestone, NY 11357    Employer allowed employees re-shingling a roof to be exposed to falls up to 28-feet without fall protection.      LATINO SIDING CO. INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDERD 1926.501(b)(13), OR ITS EQUIVALENT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 313432494, CITATION NUMBER 02, ITEM NUMBER 001a, ISSUED ON 11/30/2011 WHICH BECAME A FINAL ORDER DATE ON 12/23/2011.       WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

Jul 11, 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:  a) On or about April 25, 2013-Job site at 2-26 149 Place Whitestone, NY 11357   Employees re-shingling a roof 28-feet above the next lower level without training to identify fall hazards.    LATINO SIDING CO. INC.   WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDERD 1926.503(a)(1), OR ITS EQUIVALENT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 313432494, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 002b, ISSUED ON 11/30/2011 WHICH BECAME A FINAL ORDER DATE ON 12/23/2011.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $8,800 · Current $500 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) On or about April 25, 2013Job site at 2-26 149 Place Whitestone, NY 11357     Employees re-shingling a roof 28-feet above the next lower level using a ladders to access the roof that were 8-inches to 10-inches above the roofline.        LATINO SIDING CO. INC.  WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDERD 1926.1053(b)(1), OR ITS EQUIVALENT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 313432494, CITATION NUMBER 02, ITEM NUMBER 002, ISSUED ON 11/30/2011 WHICH BECAME A FINAL ORDER DATE ON 12/23/2011.        WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.