OSHA Inspection: KEN'S HOME REMODELING

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:      a) Job site, 1414 Cooper Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 8, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that fall protection systems/devices were used where fall hazards of up to approximately 25 feet existed.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) Job site, 1414 Cooper Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 8, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection training was provided where exposures to fall hazards of up to approximately 25 feet existed.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $660.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): The employer did not ensure that electrical equipment was free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:      a) Job site, 1414 Cooper Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 8, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that an electrical cord was safe to use in that the cord had tears and missing sections in it's outer electrical jacket.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(e): Conductors were not spliced or joined with splicing devices designed for the use or by brazing, welding, or soldering with a fusible metal or alloy, soldered splices  were not first so spliced or joined so as to be mechanically and electrically secure without solder and then soldered or all splices and joints and the free ends of conductors were not covered with an insulation equivalent to that of the conductors or with an insulating device designed for the purpose:   a) Job site, 1414 Cooper Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 8, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that electrical cord splicing was done appropriately. The cord was found to have splicing knots in it and the splice area was covered with duct tape.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   a) Job site, 1414 Cooper Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 8, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees wore appropriate eye/face protection while operating equipment such as power saws.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that would not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:   a) Job site, 1414 Cooper Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 8, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that the ladder used to gain access to/egress from the top portion of the house roof was properly set up in that it was only extended about 2 1/2 feet above the landing surface.