OSHA Inspection: P BROTHERS LLC

Issued

2013-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.   Location:  12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT 06811     Employees who were operating pneumatic nail guns were not provided with and required to wear eye protection.

Issued

2013-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify fall protection training by preparing a written certification record.   Location:  12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT, 06811     The employer did not ensure that adequate fall protection training was provided for each employee and documented in writing.

Issued

2013-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:   Location:  12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT, 06811     The two aluminum extension ladders that employees were using to access the roof did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface of the roof.

Issued

2013-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-19 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.   Location: 12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT 06811  Employees utilizing portable ladders to access and exit the residential pitched roof were not provided with a ladder training program to instruct each employee in hazard recognition for portable ladders and the procedures/means to be followed to minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.

Issued

2013-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.   Location:  12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT, 06811     The Louisville 40 foot aluminum extension ladder had two bent and broken feet and the ladder was not removed from service until repaired or replaced.

Issued

2013-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14000.00 · Current $14000.00

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):    Location:  12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT, 06811     Employees who were performing roofing work on a steep pitch roof were not protected from falling more than six feet to the ground below.