OSHA Inspection: BROTHERS PP CARPENTRY, INC

Issued

Dec 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

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:  Rear of Building 64:  Employees were walking on the ground performing debris clean-up operations while employees on the roof were dropping roof debris from approximately thirty (30) feet above them.  The employees were not wearing protective helmets exposing them to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Dec 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $1,020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed  Rear of Building 64:  Employees were using an aluminum extension ladder to access the roof where the ladder did not extend three (3) feet above the landing exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately thirty (30) feet.

Issued

Dec 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder  Rear of building 64:  Employees were using an aluminum extension ladder that was set-up at a greater than four to one (4:1) ratio exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.