OSHA Inspection: BUCCOS ROOFING

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, employees who were working on the ground were not wearing hard hats when they were working below other employees who were using hand tools

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:     (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, two employees were working from a pump jack scaffold and they were not protected from falling to the ground.  The fall hazard was up to about 25 feet to the ground.  The employees were installing soffit from the pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, two employees were working from a pump jack scaffold and the poles were not on base plates, mud sills or other firm foundation.  The ends of the pump jack scaffold poles were simply placed on the sloped yard.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:   (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, the two aluminum poles used as part of the pump jack scaffold were not secured at the bottom.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):       (a)  Jobsite, Rear Porch Roof:  On or about August 19, 2014, three employees were working on the rear porch roof and they were not protected from falling.  The fall hazard to the three employees was approximately 19 feet to the ground or about 9 feet to a lower roof.     (b) Jobsite, Front Porch Roof:  On or about August 19, 2014, an employee was working on the front porch roof and he was not protected from falling.  The fall  hazard to the employee was approximately 11 feet to the ground.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, the employer did not provide fall protection training to its employees.  Employees were working from roofs and pump jack scaffolding and were not protected from falling to the ground.  The fall hazard to the employees was up to about 25 feet.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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 ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:       (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, the 16 foot aluminum extension ladder that employees were using to access the back porch roof only extended above the roof by about 18 inches.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    (a)  Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, the employer did not provide a training program to employees on the safe use of ladders and the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to the use of ladders.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:    (a)  Jobsite:  On or about August 19, 2014, employees were using a 16 foot aluminum extension ladder that had a smashed side rail.