OSHA Inspection: IG GREAT EXTERIORS, LLC

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

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.    The employees, installing roofing materials in the following locations with pneumatic nailing devices were not wearing any eye protection:    A. Building 2.  B. Building 3.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length, extended over its support more than 12 inches:    Building 3: The ends of the roof bracket scaffolds less than 10 feet in length and used by employees during the roofing activities extended approximately 24 inches over the supports, and the planks were not secured to prevent from displacement during use.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end.  The ends of the roof bracket scaffolds greater 10 feet in length and used by employees during the roofing activities in the following locations extended over the supports more than 18 inches, and the planks were not secured to prevent from displacement during use:  A. Building 2: B. Building 3:

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(l)(3): Window jacks shall not be used to support planks placed between one window jack and another, or for other elements of scaffolding.  BUILDING 2: A window jack was used to support the center of a carpenter bracket scaffold used by employees during roofing activities.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      BUILDING 2: The employee, working from the carpenter bracket scaffold was not provided with a safe and proper means to access the roof from the carpenter bracket scaffold.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Carpenter bracket and Roof Bracket scaffolds in the following locations and used by employees performing roofing activities were not inspected by a competent person to ensure they were safe to use:    A. Building 2:  B. Building 3:

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.  BUILDING 2: The damaged plank of the Werner Model 2320 scaffold, used by employees during roofing activities was not removed from service.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

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:    Building 2: The side rails of the 32-foot aluminum extension ladder, used by an employee to access a carpenter bracket scaffold did not extend at least 3-feet above the platform and no handhold or equivalent was provided.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Employees were not grasping the ladder with at least one hand when progressing up and/or down the ladder:  Building 2: The employee, using the 32-foot aluminum extension ladder to manually carry several sheets of metal seam roofing onto the carpenter bracket scaffold was unable to maintain at least three points of contact with the ladder at all times.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees  using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:  Building 2: An employee was using the 32-foot aluminum extension ladder to manually carry bulky unsecured roofing materials onto the carpenter bracket scaffold.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    WORKSITE: The employees, using ladders to access the walking/working surfaces of scaffolds were not provided with information and training in the hazards associated with the types of ladders being used or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    The employees, performing roofing activities from carpenter bracket and roof bracket scaffolds in the following locations were not protected from falling between 20 feet and 21 feet 10 inches to the ground by the use of personal fall arrest systems or equivalent fall protection systems.    A. Building 2:  B. Building 3:      IG Great Exteriors, LLC was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b) (13), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 1056550, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1a, issued on 4/24/2015 and affirmed as a final order on 6/16/2016 with respect to a workplace located at 5 Hidden Hill, Westport, CT.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  WORKSITE: The employees performing roofing activities from roof bracket and carpenter bracket scaffolds were not provided with training in the recognition of hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.     IG Great Exteriors, LLC was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1926.503(a) (1), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 1056550, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1b, issued on 4/24/2015 and affirmed as a final order on 6/16/2016 with respect to a workplace located at 5 Hidden Hill, Westport, CT.