OSHA Inspection: GR REMODELING, INC.

Issued

Apr 24, 2017

Abate by

May 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,955 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:      Eye protective equipment was not used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

Apr 24, 2017

Abate by

May 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,423 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 systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:      The employer did not ensure fall protection was implemented during residential construction operations when employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately twenty-three (23) feet off the roof eve when they were installing roofing shingles.

Issued

Apr 24, 2017

Abate by

May 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(iii): A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope; (ii) to each other (iii) to a Dee-ring to which another snaphook or other connector is attached;(iv) to a horizontal lifeline; or (v) to any object which is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself:    The employer did not ensure that a snaphook used on a personal fall arrest system was not connected to a Dee-ring to which another snaphook or connector was attached.

Issued

Apr 24, 2017

Abate by

May 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(e)(2): Positioning devices were not secured to an anchorage capable of supporting at least twice the potential impact load of an employee's fall or 3,000 pounds (13.3 kN), whichever was greater:      The employer did not ensure fall protection anchor points were installed to support at least 3,000 pounds for employees who were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately ten (10) feet while performing roofing activities.