OSHA Inspection: EHI ROOFING, LLC

Issued

May 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers or stairway-type ladders was not used for access:  a) 4004 Pechin St, Philadelphia, PA - An employee was working off of a fabricated frame scaffold that was approximately 28 feet long, 20 feet high and 5 feet wide which did not have proper access for the employee to reach the various working levels of the scaffold. The employee was using a ladder which was not in close proximity to the scaffold and was seriously injured when he fell approximately 20 feet to the ground while accessing the ladder from the scaffold, on or about November 24, 2014.

Issued

May 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems:  a) 4004 Pechin St, Philadelphia, PA - An employee was working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 28 feet long, 20 feet high and 5 feet wide which did not have a guardrail system installed on the working levels of the scaffold. This hazard exposed the employee to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet, on or about November 24, 2014.

Issued

May 21, 2015

Abate by

Jun 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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) 4004 Pechin St, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition of hazards associated with the types of scaffolding being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize hazards, exposing the employees to fall, struck-by and collapse hazards. An employee fell approximately 20 feet when accessing a ladder on or about November 24, 2014.