OSHA Inspection: CANADOCHLY REBAR SUPPLY, INC.

Issued

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,574 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems:    a) Construction site, Homewood Suites, 5th floor - On or about October 18, 2016, Employees installing rebar on steel pan decking in a manner that defined it as a 1926.750(b)(2) activity with an unprotected exterior edge greater than 15 feet above the next lower level were not protected from falling.    b) Construction site, Homewood Suites, 5th floor - On or about October 18, 2016, Employees installing rebar on steel pan decking in a manner that defined it as a 1926.750(b)(2) activity with an unprotected edge at the elevator shaft greater than 15 feet above the next lower level were not protected from falling.

Issued

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,423 · Current $1,500 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:    a) Construction site, Homewood Suites, 4th floor elevator vestibule - On or about October 18, 2016, employees used a ladder that did not extend 3 feet above the landing to access a 5th floor work area.