OSHA Inspection: OLIVER SIDING LLC

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Jan 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,086 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:      The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to establish criteria for protecting employees from fall from heights, struck by, and electrocution hazards.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Jan 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):      The employer did not maintain jobsite inspections that were performed by a person competent to ensure employees were not exposed to fall from height hazards, struck-by hazards, and electrocution hazards during roofing operations.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Sep 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(d)(4): At least one portable fire extinguisher having a rating of not less than 20B:C units was not provided on all vehicles used for transporting and/or dispensing flammable or combustible liquids:    The employer did not ensure that a portable fire extinguisher was available to employees who were carrying a 5 gallon gasoline can in the vehicle. The gasoline was being used to fill the air compressor.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Sep 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:      Head protective equipment was not used when workers were exposed to struck-by hazards when workers on the ground were working below unsecured tools and material on the roof.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Sep 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · 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:      Eye protective equipment was not used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Sep 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,522 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:    The employer did not ensure that circuits were de-energized or insulated when employees working to remove asphalt roofing shingles in close proximity to a 120/208v triplex service drop.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Sep 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit.  The employer did not ensure that the electrical lines from the service drop were located so that employees working to install asphalt shingles on the roof of a commercial building would not come in contact with electrical power circuit from a 120/208v triplex service drop.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Sep 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,522 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 systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:      The employer did not ensure fall protection was implemented during residential construction operations when:    A:  Workers were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately eleven (11) feet off the roof eve when they were installing roof shingles on a single family structure.      B.  Workers were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately seven (7) feet off the roof eve when they were installing roof shingles on a garage structure.

Issued

Sep 27, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:    The employer did not provide fall protection training to enable employees to recognize and control the fall hazards at their worksite while performing residential construction.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to  approximately eleven (11) feet.