OSHA Inspection: AJM CONTRACTING

Issued

May 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:      a) Job site, 2409 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about April 27, 2017, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees used eye/face protection while operating nail guns.

Issued

May 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system]:       a) Job site, 2409 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about April 27, 2017, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees used appropriate fall protection systems/devices where exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 15 feet.

Issued

May 8, 2017

Abate by

May 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who would 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, 2409 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about April 27, 2017, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided with appropriate fall protection training prior to working on a roof where fall hazards of up to approximately 15 feet existed.