OSHA Inspection: MASTER P'S RESTORATION, LLC

Issued

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided    a. 548 White Oak Ridge Road, Short Hills, NJ - Rooftop    Employees engaged in residential roofing activities were not provided eye protection where the activities presented a potential danger from chemical agents.  Employees were brush applying hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Kleen-Strip Linseed Oil to the wood roof shingles without the use of eye protection.    Violation occurred on or about August 7, 2013

Issued

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1200.00 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. 548 White Oak Ridge Rd, Short Hills, NJ - Roof at back of the house    Employees performing residential roofing activities from a two story 6 to 12 pitch roof were not protected from falling by use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.      Violation occurred on or about August 7, 2013.

Issued

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 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. 548 White Oak Ridge Road, Short Hills, NJ    Employees engaged in residential roofing activities were not provided training to minimize the hazards of falls. The Employees were not provided fall hazard recognition training which would have enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling while accessing the work surface or working from the roof.    Violation occurred on or about August 7, 2013

Issued

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1700.00 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. 548 White Oak Ridge Road, Short Hills, NJ - Back of house      Employees used a portable 24-foot extension ladder to access the second story roof where the side rails extended approximately 1.5 feet above the landing surface.      Violation occurred on or about August 7, 2013

Issued

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:       a. 548 White Oak Ridge Road, Short Hills, NJ       Employer did not implement and maintain a hazard communication program which included training to employees at the time of initial hiring, thereby exposing employees to hazardous chemicals that include, but are not limited to Klean-Strip, Boiled Linseed Oil.       Violation observed on or about August 7, 2013

Issued

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:    a. 548 White Oak Ridge Road, Short Hills, NJ    Employer did not have material safety data sheets in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they used.  Chemicals include, but are not limited to Klean-Strip, Boiled Linseed Oil, thereby exposing employees to eye injuries.                        Violation observed on or about August 7, 2013

Issued

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.    a. 548 White Oak Ridge Road, Short Hills, NJ    Employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment.                  Violation observed on or about August 7, 2013