OSHA Inspection: LUBOS PROCHAZKA

Issued

2014-08-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, 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:      a)  Employees performing roofing work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 17.5 feet.       No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2014-08-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigged support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:       a)  An extension ladder used by employees to gain access to the working surface did not have its side rails extended at least 3 feet above the surface.     No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.