OSHA Inspection: TERHAAR CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Mar 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a) On or about 11/30/15 at a 2 story residential addition located at 7664 Quaker Road, Orchard Park, New York; employees were using a ladder jack scaffold, with the scaffold brackets and platform to the outside of the supporting ladders. The employees had to access the platform by climbing the supporting ladders and climbing around the bracket and platform.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

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) On or about 11/30/15 at a 2 story residential addition located at 7664 Quaker Road, Orchard Park, New York; employees were using a ladder jack scaffold to perform work and access the roof. The platform height was approximately 18 feet and there was no personal fall arrest system in place.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor  did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    a) On or about 11/30/15 at a 2 story residential addition located at 7664 Quaker Road, Orchard Park, New York; employees framing and sheathing a 2 story addition were cutting and nailing down sheathing on a roof with eave heights of approximately 18 to 20 feet. There were no fall protection measures in place.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED