OSHA Inspection: T-N-R ELECTRIC AND CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2016-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:    On November 15, 2016, the employer did not ensure that employees removing a skylight from a commercial roof were protected from falling through the skylight opening. The roof opening was approximately 4 feet by 6 feet wide and 10 feet above the floor below.

Issued

2016-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  On November 15, 2016, employees working on a 6/12 pitch commercial roof that was approximately 30 feet above the ground were not utilizing a personal fall arrest system. Employees had to walk along a 12 foot high flat roof to reach an 8 foot access ladder to the pitched roof. Employees had to climb the pitched roof to the peak, step over the peak and work from the upper section of the opposite side of the roof.

Issued

2016-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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:    On or about November 15, 2016, the employer did not have a fall protection program for employees who were repairing a commercial roof. The steep roof was a 6/12 pitch with the roof peak at approximately 30 feet above the ground.

Issued

2016-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1000.00 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:     On November 15, 2016, employees were working on a commercial roof. The employees were utilizing a portable extension ladder to access a 12 foot high flat roof and an 8 foot A-frame ladder to access the 6/12 pitch section of the roof. Both ladders were not extend three feet above the upper landing surfaces at the roof edges.