OSHA Inspection: RAIN FALL GUTTERS, LLC

Issued

Feb 24, 2017

Abate by

Apr 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:    At the back of the townhomes, employees installing gutters were working in close proximity to the overhead power lines with no protection from electric shock, exposing employees to electrocution, electrical shock and/or burns.

Issued

Feb 24, 2017

Abate by

Mar 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit:  At the back of the townhome, the employer did not determine whether the energized electric overhead power lines were located so that the employees installing gutters or the equipment used would come into contact with the power lines, exposing employees to the hazards of electrocution, electrical shock and/or burns.

Issued

Feb 24, 2017

Abate by

Apr 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive side rails:    At the back of the townhome, an employee was using an aluminum ladder while installing rain gutters, exposing the employee to electrical hazards such as electrocution from contacting energized power lines.

Issued

Feb 24, 2017

Abate by

Apr 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,728 · Current $1,910 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:     The employer did not report to OSHA a workplace fatality within the required eight hours after the death occurred on November 22, 2016.