OSHA Inspection: DEL ZOPPO AND SONS, INC.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

Abate by

Mar 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access.   On or about 1/07/2015, at the above addressed work site, a portable extension ladder did not extend at least 3-feet above the roof landing exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 10-feet.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

Abate by

Mar 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:  On or about 01/07/2015, at the above addressed location, a ladder that was placed adjacent to a doorway was not secured exposing employees to a fall hazard from a ladder.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

Abate by

Mar 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): the Employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.  On or about 01/07/2015, at the above addressed worksite, the employer did not have a hazard communication program to inform employees of the hazards when using chemicals such as paint and Xylene.