OSHA Inspection: RETHAGE BROTHERS ROOFING

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $1,283 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:      a) Job site, at/near 1186 Mission Road, Latrobe, PA: On or about October 28, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees operating nail guns used eye/face protection.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,603 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 system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provided for an alternative fall protection measure:      a) Job site, at/near 1186 Mission Road, Latrobe, PA: On or about October 28, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were used where an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of at least approximately 16 feet.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 6, 2016

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 who might be exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) Job site, at/near 1186 Mission Road, Latrobe, PA: On or about October 28, 2016, prior to performing roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection training was provided for an employee who was exposed to a fall hazard of at least approximately 16 feet.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I): Flexible cords and cables were not protected from damage, sharp corners and projections were not avoided or where flexible cords and cables passed through doorways or other pinch points, protection was not provided to avoid damage:   a) Job site, at/near 1186 Mission Road, Latrobe, PA: On or about October 28, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that protection was provided to avoid damage to the cord where an extension cord ran through a doorway.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): The employer permitted an employee to work in such proximity to parts of an electric power circuit where the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, and did not protect the employee against electric shock by de-energizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means:   Instances including but not limited to the following:  a) Job site, at/near 1186 Mission Road, Latrobe, PA: On or about October 28, 2016, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that an employee was protected from contacting service drop lines.