OSHA Inspection: D&J EXTERIORS AND BOBCAT SERVICE L.L.C.

Issued

Nov 10, 2014

Abate by

Dec 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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 persons did not conduct suitable inspections of the jobsite and equipment when employees were performing residential roofing construction in that:  Personal Fall Arrest Systems were installed improperly, Personal Fall Arrest System harnesses were damaged, and pneumatic nail guns were being used without personal protective equipment.

Issued

Nov 10, 2014

Abate by

Dec 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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:    The employer did not ensure that employees were trained to control or eliminate eye injury hazards when using a pneumatic nail gun.

Issued

Nov 10, 2014

Abate by

Nov 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:       Eye protective equipment was not used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

Nov 10, 2014

Abate by

Nov 17, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): Snap hooks were connected directly to webbing, rope or wire rope:      Employees utilizing vertical lifelines whose snap hooks were connected directly to the rope while performing roofing operations at a height of eighteen (18) feet above ground.

Issued

Nov 10, 2014

Abate by

Dec 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(21): Personal fall arrest systems were not inspected prior to each use for wear, damage, and other deterioration, and/or defective components were not removed from service:     The employer did not ensure that Guardian Fall Protection Systems were inspected to identify damaged, deteriorated and/or defective components such as, but not limited to illegible product tags and activated and/or ripped stress indicators on body harnesses used by employees working from an 18 foot high pitched roof.

Issued

Nov 10, 2014

Abate by

Dec 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(ii): The employer did not assure that each employee, as necessary, had been trained by a competent person in the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used:     The employer did not train employees on how to properly anchor a Guardian Fall Protection System in accordance with manufacturers instructions prior to conducting roofing operations on a 18 foot high pitch roof.