OSHA Inspection: BUILT TO LAST HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC.

Issued

Feb 26, 2014

Abate by

Mar 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,040 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) Worksite - Employees were installing siding on a residential home from a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 25 feet in height. The employees operating below overhead hazards were not protected through the use of hard hats on, or about, 11/25/14.         Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 26, 2014

Abate by

Mar 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.       a) Worksite - Employees were installing siding on a residential home from a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 25 feet in height. The employees were observed accessing the work platform without having safe access on, or about, 11/25/14.         Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 26, 2014

Abate by

Mar 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:     a) Worksite - Employees were installing siding on a residential home from a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 25 feet in height. The employees were operating without personal fall arrest systems on, or about, 11/25/14.         Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 26, 2014

Abate by

Mar 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    a) Worksite - An employee was installing siding on a residential home from a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 25 feet in height. The employee was operating without having been trained to recognize the hazards associated with working on ladder jack scaffold systems on, or about, 11/25/14.         Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.