OSHA Inspection: ROCKVALE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Oct 28, 2015

Abate by

Nov 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $30,800 · Current $32,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): The employer used forklifts  to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the fork and that the forklift was not moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:     a) 7 Meadow Ridge Road, Temple, PA; Employees were cutting plywood, and retrieving plywood and on a scaffold platform attached to Pettibone Model Number 8044 that was not attached to the forks in order to prevent horizontal movement, on or about 06/03/2015.    Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 28, 2015

Abate by

Nov 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   a) 7 Meadow Ridge Road, Temple, PA; An employee was cutting plywood located on a scaffold platform attached to Pettibone Model Number 8044 elevated 10 feet 8 inch above the ground without the use of fall protection, on or about 06/03/2015.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 28, 2015

Abate by

Nov 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $30,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     a) 7 Meadow Ridge Road, Temple, PA; Employees were installing plywood on a newly constructed residential roof 26 feet above the ground without the use of fall protection, on or about 09/15/2015.       Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.