OSHA Inspection: SB PAINTING & WATERPROOFING, INC

Issued

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $5,238 Reduced

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 7/19/2016, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee who lacked a means of fall protection was exposed to a fall hazard while standing above the 1st floor overhang to paint the fascia of the townhouse.

Issued

Dec 19, 2016

Abate by

Feb 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $5,238 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:  On or about 7/19/2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not provide training for employees can recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  PLEASE NOTE: DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.