OSHA Inspection: BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION & ROOFING INC.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  a. Site- Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where the employer failed to provide for frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite conducted by a competent person.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a. Site- Employees were not protected from overhead struck by hazards where the employer failed to provide head protection.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a. Site- Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were not protected from struck by hazards where the employer failed to provide eye protection.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  a. Site- Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were exposed to a fall of approximately 14 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Site- Employees working from the upper roof and lower roofs were exposed to falls between approximately 12 and 15 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Jan 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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. Site- Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold and were exposed to a fall hazard were not provided with scaffold training by the employer.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Jan 7, 2016

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:  a. Site- Employees working from the upper roof and lower roofs who were exposed to falls hazards were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:  a. Site- Employees working from a lower roof were exposed to a 10 foot fall hazard where a ladder was not provided by the employer to access the roof. Employees were climbing a RGC material hoist to access the roof and the material hoist is not meant for climbing.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:  a. Site- An employee using an extension ladder to access a low roof was exposed to a fall hazard where the ladder was fully extended and extended less than one rung above the landing surface.