OSHA Inspection: HANSON EXTERIORS, INC.

Issued

Dec 6, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    Location:  816 Townhouse Lane, Hazelwood, MO  63042    An employee was using a nail gun to nail shingles on the roof without safety glasses at the job site.

Issued

Dec 6, 2013

Abate by

Jan 3, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     Location:  816 Townhouse Lane, Hazelwood, MO  63042    At the job site, workers were exposed to a fall hazard as they were not protected by any type of fall protection system while they actively performed roofing work on the low slope residential roof.  The eave to ground height measured approximately 10 feet, 9 inches at the south side where workers were shingling.