OSHA Inspection: D & S REMODELING LLC

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,740 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.    WORKSITE: The employees installing composite shingles using pneumatic nailing devices were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    WORKSITE: The base of each pole on the Pump Jack Scaffold was not placed on mudsills or other adequate firm foundation during set-up.

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  WORKSITE: The left outside pole of the Pump Jack Scaffold was neither plumb nor braced to prevent swaying or displacement.

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  WORKSITE: The left pole of the pump jack scaffold, used by employees during roofing activities was not secured by a rigid triangular bracket or equivalent to prevent accidental displacement.

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,604 · Current $1,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    WORKSITE: The Pump Jack Scaffold and its components, used by employees during roofing activities was not inspected by a competent person to ensure the scaffold was safe to use.

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.  WORKSITE: The damaged scaffold planks, used by employees during roofing activities were not immediately repaired, replaced or removed from service.

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:    WORKSITE: The personal fall arrest system, used by an employee during roofing activities from a pump jack scaffold was rigged such that the employee could free-fall more than 6 feet.

Issued

Dec 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,740 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 40-foot aluminum extension ladder (no labels), used by employees to access the pump jack scaffold did not extend at least 3 feet above the walking/working surface of the scaffold and no handhold or equivalent was provided.