OSHA Inspection: MORGAN & MYERS AND EXTERIORS LLC

Issued

Mar 16, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $2,510 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:    Employees without fall protection while engaged in roofing work were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

Mar 16, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 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:     Employees performing roofing work had not been trained to recognize hazards related to falls and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards.

Issued

Mar 16, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,390 · Current $1,434 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:    Employees engaged in roofing work were using a ladder that did not extend at least three (3) feet above the roof's landing and exposed to an unprotected fall hazard.

Issued

Mar 16, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Employees performing roofing work and using ladders to access the upper areas had not been trained to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to follow that would minimize the hazards.