OSHA Inspection: ART REESE ROOFING COMPANY

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $500 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:      On or about May 20, 2016, Art Reese Lumber Co., Inc. had employees exposed to struck-by hazards in the eyes without eye protection while using pneumatic guns at a residential construction site in Paris, Illinois.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):      On or about May 20, 2016, Art Reese Lumber Co., Inc. had employees exposed to 11 ft., 8 in. fall hazards without fall protection, while roofing on a residential construction site in Paris, Illinois.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 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:    On or about May 20, 2016, Art Reese Lumber Co., Inc. had employees exposed to 10 ft., 4 in. fall hazards without fall protection, while working from a ladder jack scaffold, on a residential construction site in Paris, Illinois.

Issued

Jun 15, 2016

Abate by

Jun 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and 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:       On or about May 20, 2016, Art Reese Lumber Co., Inc. had employees exposed to 11 ft., 8 in. fall hazards, while exiting the roof via extension ladders that did not extend at least 3 ft. above the upper landing surface of the roof, on a residential construction site in Paris, Illinois.