OSHA Inspection: ERIC KNAPPMAN SOLE PROPRIETOR

Issued

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) Kidder St Wilkes Barre, PA: Employees removing the exterior walls on the upper level of the Days Inn, which was 16 feet above the ground level, were not protected from falling, on or about September 2, 2015.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Days Inn, Kidder St, Wilkes Barre, PA: The employer did not ensure that an employee who constructed and performed work from a self-supporting scaffold was trained by a qualified person to recognize hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and on the procedures to be followed to control or minimize those hazards, on or about September 2, 2015.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED