OSHA Inspection: PAT GILES

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:      a) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 20, 2017, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that a safe way to access/egress a ladder jack scaffold was provided in that the ladder jack platform was located on the outside of the ladders and an employee crawled over it to come down.

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:   a) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 20, 2017, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that an employee on a ladder jack scaffold was protected by a personal fall arrest system where exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 17 feet.

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2): The employer did not have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds or did not provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection was feasible and did not create a greater hazard:   a) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 20, 2017, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that fall protection systems were used while dismantling a ladder jack scaffold where exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet.

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:   a) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 20, 2017, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that an employee was provided safety training on ladder jack scaffolds. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, not using fall protection while on the scaffold where a fall hazard of approximately 17 feet existed, permitting employees to climb over the ladder pick itself to get up/down from the scaffold and not using fall protection while dismantling the ladder jack where a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet existed.

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1360.00 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) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 14, 2017, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees utilized appropriate fall protection systems/devices where exposed to fall hazards of up to at least approximately 20 feet.

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1360.00 Reduced

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 did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 14, 2017, prior to performing roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided fall protection training where exposed to fall hazards of up to at least approximately 20 feet.

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1360.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that would not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:      a) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 14, 2017, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that the ladder used to gain access to/egress from the roof was extended at least 3 feet above the roof line.

Issued

2017-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) 1710 Morrell Street, Brighton Heights, PA: On or about June 14, 2017, during construction activities, the employer did not ensure that an employee using a power saw to cut wood wore protective eyewear.