OSHA Inspection: PARCO BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.

Issued

2014-04-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) On or about 4/16/14 at a residential construction site located at 1720 Wehrle Drive, Amherst, New York; employees putting sheathing on the gable end of a garage were standing on an adjacent a roof with an eave height of 9 feet. There was no fall protection in use.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2014-04-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1050.00 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 4/16/14 at a residential construction site located at 1720 Wehrle Drive, Amherst, New York; employees were accessing a roof with a 9 foot eave height using a 10 foot step ladder.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2014-04-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:    a) On or about 4/16/14 at a residential construction site located at 1720 Wehrle Drive, Amherst, New York; employees putting sheathing on the gable end of a garage were accessing the roof by using a step ladder that was not open with the spreaders locked as designed.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED