OSHA Inspection: LEE SANDERSON

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:       Employees conducting roofing activities were exposed to fall and struck by hazards and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with OSHA regulations.

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    Employees conducting roofing activities were exposed to fall and struck by hazards and the employer did not ensure a competent person performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:       An employee was exposed to the hazard of being struck in the head and the employer had not instructed the employee in hazard recognition and the applicable regulations to their work environment.

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects:      An employee was exposed to being struck in the head by roofing tools and materials and employees were not required to wear a hard hat while working in the danger zone below the roof.

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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.      Employees conducting roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet onto concrete, and a suitable fall protection system was not used.

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:       Employees conducting roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet, and the employer had not instructed the employees in hazard recognition and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazard.

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface being accessed:       Employees conducting roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet when using an extension ladder to access the roof and the side rails of the ladder did not extend at least three feet above the landing on the roof.

Issued

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:       Employees conducting roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet while accessing the roof from an extension ladder and the employer did not provide training for each employee that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.