OSHA Inspection: GREENCORE LLC

Issued

Jul 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights) more than 6 feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:   a) Job site, 619 & 621 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about July 6, 2016, during garage building activities, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were used around floor holes where fall hazards of up to approximately 9 feet, 4 inches existed.

Issued

Jul 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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 system, or personal fall arrest system:   a) Job site, 619 & 621 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about July 6, 2016, during garage building activities, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were used where fall hazards of up to approximately 9 feet, 4 inches existed.

Issued

Jul 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening was less than 39 inches (1.0 m) above the walking/working surface, was not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:   a) Job site, 619 & 621 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about July 6, 2016, during garage building activities, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were used where wall openings were at and fall hazards of up to approximately 9 feet, 4 inches existed.

Issued

Jul 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(15): Except as provided in 1926.500(a)(2) or in 1926.501 (b)(1) through (b)(14), each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:   a) Job site, 619 & 621 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about July 6, 2016, during garage building activities, the employer did not ensure that fall protection systems/devices were used where employees walked on open joists, exposed to falls of approximately 9 feet.

Issued

Jul 8, 2016

Abate by

Aug 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who was exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) Job site, 619 & 621 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about July 6, 2016, during garage building activities, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided with fall protection training where exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 9 feet, 4 inches existed.

Issued

Jul 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, 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; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that would not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:   a) Job site, 619 & 621 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about July 6, 2016, during garage building activities, the employer did not ensure the ladder used for access to/egress from the top of the garage was set up correctly in that it was located approximately 2 feet below the garage floor, was not secured and no grabrail was provided.