OSHA Inspection: METROPOLITAN MANAGEMENT GROUP

Issued

Oct 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(iv): Employees did not always stand firmly on the floor of the basket, and sat or climbed on the edge of the basket:    a) 1511 Allegheny Avenue, Reading PA; Building B - An employee was observed sitting on the top rail of a JLG aerial lift basket and was exposed to an approximate 22 foot fall hazard to the ground below, on or about September 2, 2014.     No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Oct 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    a) 1511 Allegheny Avenue, Reading PA; Building B - Employees were observed in a JLG aerial lift and did not don a personal fall arrest system and were exposed to an approximate 22 foot fall hazard to the ground below, on or about September 2, 2014.     No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Oct 28, 2014

Abate by

Nov 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  a) 1511 Allegheny Avenue, Reading PA; Building B - Employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with the use of an aerial lift, on or about September 2, 2014.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.  Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 28, 2014

Abate by

Nov 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(ix): Controls for the articulating and extensible boom platforms were not clearly marked to identify their function:    a) 1511 Allegheny Avenue, Reading PA; Building 3 - Employees were observed in a JLG aerial lift and the controls were not clearly marked or identifiable, on or about September 2, 2014.      Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 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) 1511 Allegheny Ave, Reading PA; Building 3 - An employee removing a gutter while working from the roof of an apartment building was not provided fall protection and was exposed to an approximate 22 foot fall hazard to the ground below, on or about September 2, 2014.     No abatement certification or documentation required.