OSHA Inspection: GRADY HUMPHRIES

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Jan 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):  The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:     Grady Humphries, dba Hi-Temp Roofing Co., failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:     Citation Number                              Item Number                                    Abatement Date  01                                                           05                                                   10/31/2014       In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:     a) Footings used to support scaffolding erected on a section of flat roof surface were not capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement into the roof surface.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:   a) Supported scaffolding erected on a section of flat roof surface was not plumb and braced to prevent swaying.   In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:        a) The employer did not ensure that scaffolding provided for employee use at the site was erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffolding erection.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3):  Each employee in a hoist area was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems:        a) Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 1 story to the ground while hoisting materials and working in a hoist area at the edge of a roof deck.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): Snap hooks were engaged directly to webbing, rope or wire rope when not designed for such connections:      a) While working from scaffolding a snaphook used as part of a personal fall arrest system was engaged directly to a lanyard when not designed for such connection.    b) While working from a work platform spanned inside a chimney a snaphook used as part of a personal fall arrest system was engaged directly to a lanyard when not designed for such connection.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(ii): Snap hooks were engaged directly to each other when not designed for such connections:     a) While working from a work platform spanned inside a chimney a snaphook used as part of a personal fall arrest system was engaged directly to another snaphook when not designed for such connection.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  a) While working from a work platform spanned inside a chimney a personal fall arrest system was not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:   In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Oct 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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) The employer did not provide training to enable employees to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed to eliminate or control such hazards at the worksite.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.552(a)(1): The employer did not comply with the manufacturer's specifications and limitations applicable to the operation of all hoists and elevators. Where manufacturer's specifications are not available, the limitations assigned to the equipment were not based on the determinations of a professional engineer competent in the field:     a) A manually operated material handling host at the roof edge was counterweighted with miscellaneous roofing materials and a propane tank, and not with approved counterweights.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).