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OSHA Inspection: SJ HOCHE, INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of SJ HOCHE, INC. in TOLL BRIDGE ROAD, EASTPORT, ME 04631 (NAICS 333911). OSHA activity number 339798779.

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Establishment
SJ HOCHE, INC.
Site address
TOLL BRIDGE ROAD
City
EASTPORT
State
ME
ZIP
04631
Mailing
US ROUTE ONE 263, DENNYSVILLE, ME 04628
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
333911
Employees
3
Ownership type
A

5 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.501 B11

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1700.00 · Current $1190.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   Garage - The employees on the roof, ten feet above the ground, were not protected from falling.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1190
  • — Z (S) $1700

1926.503 A01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced
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:   Garage - The employer did not provide a training program for employees exposed to fall hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1960
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.1060 A

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
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:   Garage - The employer did not provide a ladder training program.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.1053 B01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced
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:  Garage - The ladder side rails did not extend at least three feet above the roof surface.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1960
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.1053 B04

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed:   Garage - The stepladder was used in the closed position.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 339798779.