OSHA Inspection: R & B CONTRACTORS, LLC.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):     It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:    -The employer did not have a safety and health program to instruct employees on the recogntion and avoidance of work place hazards such as fall hazards and the hazards associated with rough terrain forklifts.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3):     "Hoist areas." Each employee in a hoist area shall be protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems:    -On August 10, 2015 employees were working on the roof of a commercial structure, unloading roofing material that is being hoisted into place by a Mustang rough terrain forklift, model # 742H, while not using any type of fall protection system.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1):     The warning line shall be erected around all sides of the roof work area:    -Employees were working on the roof of a commercial structure while not utilizing a warning line system around all sides of the work area, exposing employees to a potential fall hazard in excess of 40'.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(iii):     Points of access, materials handling areas, storage areas, and hoisting areas shall be connected to the work area by an access path formed by two warning lines:    -Employees were using a fiberglass extension ladder to access the upper roof while not having the upper access point demarcated by two warning lines, exposing employees to a potential fall hazard in excess of 25' to the roof below.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(iv):     When the path to a point of access is not in use, a rope, wire, chain, or other barricade, equivalent in strength and height to the warning line, shall be placed across the path at the point where the path intersects the warning line erected around the work area, or the path shall be offset such that a person cannot walk directly into the work area:    -The access point did not have a rope, chain or other barricades between the warning lines, exposing employees to a potential fall height in excess of 25' to the lower roof.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(h)(1):     The employer shall designate a competent person to monitor the safety of other employees and the employer shall ensure that the safety monitor complies with the following requirements:    -The employer did not designate a competent person to monitor the safety of other employees in that employees were performing roofing operations on a low slope roof without any type of fall protection system.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    -The employer did not provide an adequate fall protection training program for employees in that employees were roofing a commercial structure without the use of an adequate fall protection system, expoaing employees to potential fall hazards in excess of 40'.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d):     Powered industrial truck operator training.   Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under this paragraph are identical to those set forth at 1910.178(l) of this chapter:    -The employer did not train operators on powered industrial vehicles in that an employee was operating a Mustang brand rough terrain forklift without having received adequate training.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a):     A stairway or ladder shall be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist is provided:      -While employees were accessing the lower roof there was no stairway or ladder provided when employees had to step down 34" from the top of the parapet wall to the roof surface.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     When portable ladders are 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 is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    -The extension ladder that was used to access the upper landing surface of the lower roof was not extended past the upper landing surface 36", allowing employees a hand hold while ascending and/or descending.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $30,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):     "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted:    -The employer did not provide adequate fall protection systems in that employees were working on a low slope commercial roof while not utilizing an adequate fall protection system, exposing employees to a potential fall height in excess of 40'.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(3):     No employee shall be allowed in the area between a roof edge and a warning line unless the employee is performing roofing work in that area:    -The employer did not ensure that employees that were not performing work were allowed in the area between the roof edge and the warning line in the employee acting as the safety monitor was standing outside of the warning line system, exposed to a potential fall height in excess of 40'.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.     -On or about August 10, 2015 the employer did not record the following workplace injuries on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar year 2015.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(2)(ii):     The rope, wire, or chain shall be rigged and supported in such a way that its lowest point (including sag) is no less than 34 inches (.9 m) from the walking/working surface and its highest point is no more than 39 inches (1.0 m) from the walking/working surface:    -The warning line was sagging to within approximately 20" from the working surface in the area where work was being performed.

Issued

Feb 5, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(j)(7)(i):     Materials and equipment shall not be stored within 6 feet (1.8 m) of a roof edge unless guardrails are erected at the edge:    -Insulation board was stored within 6' of the roof edge and guardrails were not erected at the edge.