OSHA Inspection: ELDA RESTORATION INC.

Issued

Jan 28, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

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

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):  Location:  1 Strecker Road, Building A, Ellisville, MO  63011  The employer failed to make frequent or regular inspections of the worksite to ensure all workers were in compliance with company safety and health policies and OSHA standards.  The workers were exposed to the following hazards at the job site:  a)  A worker was not wearing a protective helmet while exposed to struck-by hazards; b)  Workers were exposed to fall hazards when performing roofing activities on an approximate 7:12 pitch roof without adequate fall protection.

Issued

Jan 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  Location:  1 Strecker Road, Building A, Ellisville, MO  63011  At the job site, a worker was not wearing a protective helmet while exposed to struck-by hazards.  The worker was picking up tear-off debris from the ground directly below the eave where the other workers were performing roofing activities on the roof deck.

Issued

Jan 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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:  Location:  1 Strecker Road, Building A, Ellisville, MO  63011  Employees(s) engaged in residential roofing activities were exposed to a fall distance of approximately 28 feet, 5 inches as they worked without any form of fall protection on an approximate 7:12 pitch roof.

Issued

Jan 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head:  Location:  1 Strecker Road, Building A, Ellisville, MO  63011  Two workers were wearing positioning harnesses directly attached to a rope, connected at the groin, while actively performing roofing activities on an approximate 7:12 pitched residential roof.

Issued

Jan 28, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer does not ensure that  a training program for each employee who might be 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:    The employer failed to adequately train workers performing residential roofing activities on fall protection requirements when working on a 7:12 pitch roof.