OSHA Inspection: KNOX CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Abate by

Jun 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   a) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees wore eye/face protection when operating nail guns.

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:   a) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees working from a scaffold system set up with 2 ladders and a pick and positioned on a roof, had personal fall arrest systems in use where exposed to falls of up to at least approximately 16 feet.

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Abate by

Jun 11, 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 while on a scaffold 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) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees working on a job made scaffold system made from 2 ladders and a pick located on the roof, had scaffold safety training. Employees worked on the scaffold with no fall protection in use and were exposed to falls of up to at least approximately 16 feet.

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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:   Instances including but not limited to the following:  a) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities on the main roof of the house, the employer did not ensure that employees used fall protection systems/devices where exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet.

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 that enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and that trained them in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided fall protection training where exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet.

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Abate by

Jun 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 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 shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:   a) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that the ladder used to gain access to/egress from the lower roof from ground level extended at least 3 feet above the landing. The ladder was observed to have extended about 30 inches above the roofline.

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Abate by

Jun 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or be tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and shall be withdrawn from service until repaired:   a) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that the ladder used to gain access to/egress from the lower roof from ground level was in good repair or was taken out of service in that it was set up skewed to the side, had a damaged rung and the top of the ladder was bent.

Issued

Jun 5, 2015

Abate by

Jun 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   a) Job site, 714 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA: On or about May 14, 2015, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that the employees were provided ladder safety training. Employees were using a ladder to gain access to/egress from the lower roof from ground level that was not extended at least 3 feet above the landing, was set up skewed/leaning and had a damaged rung and side rail.