OSHA Inspection: SOCO CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Nov 30, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,490 · Current $3,656 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    a) Lower roof of Gym building. Roofing subcontractor employees engaged in roofing activities were not protected from falling approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 30, 2016

Abate by

Jan 4, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,924 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying and correcting existing hazards).     a) Worksite: On or about 10/25/2016 at building number 800 Shaw AFB, SC, site inspections were not being performed on a frequent or regular basis by a competent person ensuring safety and health hazards were identified and corrected in a timely manner.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Nov 30, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,565 · Current $1,731 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities away from the ladder.     a) North side of the building at the lower roof edge: The ladder used by roofing subcontractor employees to access the roof was placed in an area between two doorways which was frequented by foot and vehicular traffic, was not secured from movement.

Issued

Nov 30, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(iii): Points of access, material handling areas, storage areas, and/or hoisting areas were not connected to the work area by an access path formed by two warning lines:  a) North end of the building center of the lower roof: The point of access to the roof was not equipped with two warning lines from the exit point of the extension ladder to the work area.