OSHA Inspection: BRONOV ENTERPRISES, INC.

Issued

Dec 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    Jobsite:  ladder jack scaffolding at front of building.    Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were unprotected from a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet eight inches.

Issued

Dec 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Jobsite:  ladder jack scaffold at front of building.    Employees have not been adequately trained on scaffold safety.

Issued

Dec 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,870 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):     Jobsite:    Employees working on the roof were not protected against a fall hazard of approximately 17 feet or more.

Issued

Dec 9, 2016

Abate by

Mar 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Jobsite:    Employees exposed to fall hazards while working on a roof were inadequately trained on fall hazards and fall protection.

Issued

Dec 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Employees were not grasping the ladder with at least one hand when progressing up and/or down the ladder:    Job site:  Access ladder for ladder jack scaffold.    Employees carrying large trash containers up and down a ladder were unable to keep at least one hand grasping the ladder at all times.

Issued

Dec 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause them to lose balance and fall:    Jobsite:  Ladder used to access the ladder jack scaffold at the front of the building.    Employees carried large trash containers up and down a ladder which could have caused them to lose their balance and fall.