OSHA Inspection: RICK BRUMMELL

Issued

Oct 26, 2015

Abate by

Oct 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:     An employee was exposed to fall hazards because the extension ladder did not extend three feet above the roof eave.  The employee was working approximately 8.8 feet above the ground below.

Issued

Oct 26, 2015

Abate by

Nov 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and stairways had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling of all stairways and ladders:  An employee was exposed to fall hazards because the extension ladder did not extend three feet above the roof and the employer had not ensured that each employee had been trained by a competent person.

Issued

Oct 26, 2015

Abate by

Oct 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not 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, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:     An employee was exposed to fall hazards while performing roofing activities by covering  the skylights because of the lack of fall protection.  The employee was exposed to an exterior fall distance of approximately 8.8 feet and an interior fall distance of approximately 20 feet.

Issued

Oct 26, 2015

Abate by

Nov 20, 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 potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:     An employee was exposed to fall hazards while performing roofing activities by covering skylights because of the lack of fall protection and the employer did not have a training program for providing fall protection of the employee.

Issued

Oct 26, 2015

Abate by

Nov 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:     An employee was exposed to fall hazards and the employer did not have a safety and health program that addresses areas such as, but not limited to, fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 26, 2015

Abate by

Nov 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:       An employee was exposed to fall hazards and the employer did not ensure frequent and regular inspections of the site were performed by a competent person.