OSHA Inspection: B.A.R.H. HOMES, LLC

Issued

Nov 6, 2014

Abate by

Dec 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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):       The competent person did not have proper knowledge to conduct inspections of the jobsite when employees were performing residential roofing construction resulting in employees being exposed to fall hazards

Issued

Nov 6, 2014

Abate by

Nov 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,660 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), 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:     The employer did not ensure appropriate fall protection was implemented for employees performing residential roofing operations who were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately ten (10) feet.

Issued

Nov 6, 2014

Abate by

Dec 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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:    The employer did not provide training to enable employees to properly assess and control the hazards at their worksite while performing residential roofing construction.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards associated with an approximately ten (10) foot fall.

Issued

Nov 6, 2014

Abate by

Dec 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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 train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:    The employer did not train the employees to properly construct and place a ladder so three (3) or more feet were above the upper landing.

Issued

Nov 6, 2014

Abate by

Nov 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,940 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:     The employer did not ensure portable ladders were constructed and placed so three (3) feet or more was extended above the upper landing.  Employees performing residential roofing construction were exposed to falling approximately ten (10) feet while using an eight foot step ladder to descend from the roof truss to the ground floor.