OSHA Inspection: SCOTT GOFORTH

Issued

Apr 2, 2015

Abate by

Apr 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(01): The employer did not maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part.      The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations. Employees working from an 7 in 12 pitch roof were exposed to falls of approximately 12 feet to a lower level.

Issued

Apr 2, 2015

Abate by

Apr 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 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. Employees working from a 7 in 12 pitch roof were exposed to falls of approximately 12 feet to a lower level.

Issued

Apr 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    Employees were not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or any other approved mean. Employees were in the process of installing a new roof on an 7 in 12 pitch roof. While working on the roof employees was exposed to falls of approximately 12 feet to a lower level.

Issued

Apr 2, 2015

Abate by

May 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.    The employer did not prepare written certification verifying that the workers exposed to fall hazards in the course of their work had been properly trained.