OSHA Inspection: BELLESTRI'S HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      a)  Bellestri's Home Improvement LLC on or about April 09, 2014, at the address of 10337 Roachton Rd. Perrysburg, OH: The employer did not ensure a means of access was provided to employees working from a ladder jack scaffold 18 ft. above the level below. The exposed employees were climbing the supporting ladders to access the platform. More than two feet separated the access ladder rung and the working platform.

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Abate by

May 20, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    a) Bellestri's Home Improvement LLC on or about April 09, 2014, at the address of 10337 Roachton Rd. Perrysburg, OH: The employer failed to ensure employees were protected from a fall while working from a ladder jack scaffold.   Employees were exposed to a near 18' fall to the level below during roofing operations of a residential structure. No form of fall protection was in place.

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     a) Bellestri's Home Improvement LLC on or about April 09, 2014, at the address of 10337 Roachton Rd. Perrysburg, OH: The employer did not ensure employees were protected from falls while applying new roofing material to an 8/12 pitched roof on residential type structure.  Employees were exposed to a potential 20 ft. fall to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Abate by

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a) Bellestri's Home Improvement LLC on or about April 09, 2014, at the address of 10337 Roachton Rd. Perrysburg, OH: The employer did not ensure that employees had been trained in the appropriate use of fall protection such as but not limited to the use of personal fall arrest systems or alternative measures while performing various roofing operations.