OSHA Inspection: B & E DEVELOPMENT, LLC

Issued

Jun 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section:    a) Worksite, on May 11, 2016, and at times prior, scaffolding more than 10 feet above the ground was used without guardrails or any fall protection.

Issued

Jun 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):    a) 98 Bailey Ave, Plattsburgh, NY, 12091, on May 11, 2016, and at times prior, employees were removing and installing new roof shingles on a roof 35 feet above the ground, without any type of fall protection.

Issued

Jun 20, 2016

Abate by

Aug 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially 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:    a) 98 Bailey Ave, Plattsburgh, NY, 12091, on May 11, 2016, and at times prior, employees were removing and installing new roof shingles on a roof 35 feet above the ground, without any type of fall protection. Employees were not trained in fall protection hazards, and procedures to be followed to minimize fall hazards.