OSHA Inspection: LONG NGUYEN COMPANY

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $1020.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer failed to initiate and maintain programs that provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment were made by competent persons designated by the employer:     At the front exterior of the printing store on or about November 4, 2013, and at times prior thereto, an inspection was not completed or the person that completed the inspection was not a competent person. The owner of the company did not know OSHA's regulations for ladders or fall protection on low sloped roof work.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) 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 (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system.]:      At the front exterior of the printing store on or about November 4, 2013, and at times prior thereto, there was no fall protection for employees working on top of a low sloped canopy. It was 11 feet from the canopy to the asphalt below.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:     At the front exterior of the printing store on or about November 4, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer and employees stated employees were not trained on fall hazards. The employer and employees did not recognize the hazard of falling from the canopy and the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $1020.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:     At the front exterior of the printing store on or about November 4, 2013, and at times prior thereto, a 20 foot extension ladder did not extend at least three feet above the canopy. The ladder extended about six inches above the canopy. Employees used the ladder to access the top of the canopy that was 11 feet above the asphalt below.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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. The program did not enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    At the front exterior of the printing store on or about November 4, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer and employees stated employees were not trained on the hazards of ladders and the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.