OSHA Inspection: WILLIAM D. LANE DBA LANE ROOFING & BUILDING

Issued

2016-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:      The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to establish criteria for protecting employees from fall from heights and struck by hazards.

Issued

2016-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    The employer did not maintain jobsite inspections that were performed by a person competent to ensure employees were not exposed to fall from heights hazards and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2016-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1320.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:      Head protective equipment was not used when workers on the lower roof were exposed to struck-by hazards from workers installing shingles on the upper roof.

Issued

2016-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $880.00 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:      Eye protective equipment was not used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using:  A.  Pneumatic nail guns to install new asphalt roof shingles.  B.  Hand tools to tear off old asphalt roof shingles.

Issued

2016-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 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 was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:      The employer did not ensure fall protection was implemented during residential construction operations when workers were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately eighteen  (18) feet off the roof eve during roofing operations.

Issued

2016-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

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:    The employer did not provide fall protection training to enable employees to recognize and control the fall hazards at their worksite while performing commercial construction.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately eighteen (18) feet.

Issued

2016-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails do not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access:      The employer did not ensure portable ladders were constructed and placed so three (3) feet or more was extended above the upper landing.  Workers performing residential construction were exposed to falling approximately eighteen (18) feet while using an extension ladder to ascend/descend from the roof to the ground.