OSHA Inspection: P.L. FRAMING

Issued

May 4, 2015

Abate by

May 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 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 system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure:  On or about April 1, 2015, employee(s) were exposed to a fall of greater than 10 feet to the ground level below, as there was no form of fall protection provided, while installing siding and cornice work to the apartment exterior.

Issued

May 4, 2015

Abate by

May 12, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards which shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling, and in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  On or about April 1, 2015, and at times prior thereto, employee(s) were exposed to the hazards of a fall of greater than 10 feet to the ground below, from the lack of a training program to understand these hazards, while installing siding and cornice work from a pump jack scaffold without fall protection.