OSHA Inspection: PATALSKY HOMES, INC.

Issued

2015-02-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:     (a) Jobsite, 4060 Norbatrol Court, Murrysville, PA 15668: On or before October 23, 2014, employees were working unprotected and exposed to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet 8 inches while removing metal sheeting from a roof.

Issued

2015-02-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, 4060 Norbatrol Court, Murrysville, PA 15668: On or before October 23, 2014, employees were not trained on fall hazards and protective measures associate with elevated roof removal during a demolition process.

Issued

2015-02-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1040.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations:     (a) Jobsite, 4060 Norbatrol Court, Murrysville, PA 15668: On or before October 23, 2014, the employer had not completed a demolition survey prior to the removal of structural steel and roofing material from the building.