OSHA Inspection: SCOTT MARTIN CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Nov 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    (a)  On or about 10/22/2013 - 1800 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, AL, employees exposed to falling tools and or materials from the employees working above them were not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Nov 19, 2013

Abate by

Dec 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

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:    (a)  On or about 10/22/2013 - 1800 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, AL, employees installing trusses were not protected from falls of 14 feet.

Issued

Nov 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 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 10/22/2013 - 1800 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, AL, two extension ladders being used by employees to access the working levels of the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing.

Issued

Nov 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladder(s) 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in a manner that readily identified them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  (a)  On or about 10/22/2013 - 1800 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, AL, one 24-ft. extension ladder being used to access the roof was missing the cleats.