OSHA Inspection: KEVIN DUPONT

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects:    a. Site- Employees working on the ground beneath employees actively performing roofing work were not provided with head protection.

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 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:    a. Site - Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were not provided with eye protection.

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:    a. Site - Employees performing roofing work were not protected from electrical shocks and burns when the electric service feed was not insulated where the wires enter the structure on the roof.

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a. Site - Employees performing roofing work were exposed to falls of 12 feet when fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 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:    a. Site - Employees performing roofing work who were exposed to falls of 12 feet were not provided with fall protection training by the employer.

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $1,800 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:    a. Site - Employees using a fiberglass extension ladder to access the roof were not protected from falls of approximately 12 feet when the side rails were only extended approximately 6 inches above the roofs eave.

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  a. Site - Employees using an aluminum extension ladder to gain access to and from the roof which had a damaged rung.   b. Site - Employees using an aluminum extension ladder to gain access to and from the roof which had a broken rung.

Issued

Jan 5, 2017

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks:  a. Site - An MEC all-terrain forklift was left unattended with the forks in the air.   American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks, section 603 (E) requires that When leaving a powered industrial truck unattended, load engaging means shall be fully lowered, controls shall be neutralized, power shut off, brakes set, key or connector plug removed.