OSHA Inspection: RHYNEHART ROOFING INC.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · 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 agents.   Employees engaged in framing work were exposed to struck-by hazards while operating pneumatic nail guns without eye protection.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i):  Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters or an assured equipment grounding conductor to protect employees on construction sites:  Employees were operating electrical powered equipment connected to flexible cord that was missing the ground pin, exposing employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(iii):  Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites:   The employer did not ensure employees performing roofing work were trained to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions associated with missing ground pins and no strain relief on electrical power equipment, exposing them to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was six (6) feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  Employees engaging in roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six (6) feet without fall protection.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 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:  Employer did not train employees to recognize hazards related to falls and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards while performing roofing activities at a height over 6 feet without fall protection.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Employer did not ensure that  portable ladders used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least three (3) feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  Employee engaged in roofing work was exposed to fall hazards while using a ladder that was not secured on an stable surface.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8):   The employer did not ensure ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic was not secured to prevent accidental displacement, or barricaded to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:  Employer did not ensure that the employee secured ladder in place so as to prevent accidental displacement, exposing employee to a fall from six (6) feet to lower level.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Abate by

Mar 13, 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.  An employee performing roofing work used a ladder had not been trained to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to follow that would minimize the hazards.