OSHA Inspection: DERAFFELE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,120 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.    WORKPLACE: The employees, using power saw and grinder for cutting and grinding were not wearing any eye protection.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,550 Reduced

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29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:    WORKSITE: The DeWalt Model D28402 4-½ inch angle grinder, used by employees to cut pieces of angle iron was missing the safety guard.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,120 Reduced

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 employee, working from the basket of the JLG Model 340 AJ & Number 10297335 aerial lift was not provided with information and training in the hazards associated with working from aerial lifts or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  WORKSITE: The employees, exposed to fall hazards while working from a low pitched roof were not provided with information and training in the hazards associated with falls or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 roof and elevated work areas were not provided with information and training in the hazards associated with the types of ladders being used or the procedures necessary to eliminate of minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,550 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:    WORKSITE: The side rails of the Werner Model D7120-2, 20-foot fiberglass extension ladder, used by employees to access the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface, and no handhold or equivalent was provided.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the(a) (LOCATION) (IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATION(S) AND/OR CONDITIONS)  WORKSITE: The Werner Model D7120-2, 20-foot fiberglass extension ladder, used by employees to access the roof was setup at an angle where the horizontal distance from the top support of the ladder exceeded one-quarter the working length of the ladder.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:  WORKSITE:  The following ladders, used by employees to access both the roof and the elevated work areas were located in places where they could be displaced by personnel traffic, and the ladders were neither secured to prevent accidental displacement nor was barricaded:   1. The Werner Model D7120-2, 20-foot fiberglass extension ladder. 2. The 6-foot fiberglass stepladder, (No Labels).

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    WORKSITE: The top step of the yellow 6-foot fiberglass stepladder was used by employees to cut metal angle irons from the building.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,270 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(iv): Employee(s) working in an aerial lift were sitting or climbing on the edge of the basket:    WORKPLACE: The employee, working from a JLG Model 340 AJ& Number 10297335 aerial lift was standing on and leaning over the rails of the basket without utilizing other fall protection systems.     DeRaffele Manufacturing Company Inc. was previously cited for an equivalent violation of Occupational Safety and Health standard (29 CFR1926.453(b)(2)(v)), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 983588, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1, affirmed as a final order on 8/19/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 320 Route 73, Building 1-B, Voorhees, NJ.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated:  WORKSITE: The employee, working from the basket of the JLG Model 340 AJ & Number 10297335 aerial lift was not wearing any type of body harness and not attached to boom or basket with a lanyard.  DeRaffele Manufacturing Company Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard (29 CFR1926.453(b)(2)(v)), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 983588, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1, affirmed as a final order on 8/19/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 320 Route 73, Building 1-B, Voorhees, NJ.

Issued

Jul 22, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,270 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels and 50-feet (15.25 m) wide or less, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net system, personal fall arrest system, warning line system, or monitoring system:    WORKSITE: The employees, working from the roof to cut and remove pieces of angle iron from the parapet wall were not protected against the hazard of falling between 11 feet 10 inches and 16 feet 6 inches by the use an appropriate fall protection system.    DeRaffele Manufacturing Company Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard (29 CFR1926.453(b)(2)(v)), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 983588, Citation Number 1, Item Number 2, affirmed as a final order on 8/19/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 320 Route 73, Building 1-B, Voorhees, NJ.