OSHA Inspection: TYREE CAMPBELL

Issued

Oct 25, 2013

Abate by

Nov 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:      Employees performing roofing activities were exposed to fall and struck by hazards, and the employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees activities.

Issued

Oct 25, 2013

Abate by

Nov 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.     Employees engaged in roofing activities on a low-sloped roof were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 13 ft. 2 in. and none of the fall protection systems specified above were used.

Issued

Oct 25, 2013

Abate by

Nov 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(2): Eye and face protective equipment being worn by the employees did not meet the requirements specified in American National Standards Institute, Z 87.1-1968, Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection:       An employee using a pneumatic nail gun was exposed to struck by hazards in the eye because the glasses the employee wore did not meet the requirements of Z 87.1-1968.

Issued

Oct 25, 2013

Abate by

Nov 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · 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 (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:     The employer had employees exposed to a fall hazard, while accessing and exiting a commercial roof via an extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.