OSHA Inspection: HOSTETTLER'S CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2013-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1560.00 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):    a) Jobsite, 660 Braeburn Way, Canonsburg, PA:  On or about July 23, 2013, 2 employees were putting plywood on a residential home and were not protected from falling.  The fall distance to the employees was 20 feet to the ground.

Issued

2013-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1560.00 Reduced

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) Jobsite, 660 Braeburn Way, Canonsburg, PA:  On or about July 23, 2013, two employees were working on a residential roof at heights of 20 feet above the ground and were not utilizing fall protection.  They had not received training on recognizing fall hazards nor on the procedures to be implemented to minimize the hazards.