OSHA Inspection: JAMES MCFARLAND

Issued

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $978.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees working on the ground handing up sheets of metal roofing materials beneath other employees working at heights with hand tools were not wearing a hard hat.

Issued

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2282.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, an employee installing metal roofing at approximately 19 feet above on a ladder jack scaffolding system was not protected from falls.

Issued

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-23 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) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees working from a ladder jack scaffold at 19 feet above the ground were unaware of the fall hazard.

Issued

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2282.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees performing roofing operations at 20 feet above the ground were unprotected from falls.

Issued

2017-08-11 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 was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  a) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees installing a metal roofing system at 21 feet above the ground and while on a (10:12) steep sloped roofing system were unprotected from falls.

Issued

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees working at 21 feet above the ground on a steep sloped roofing system were not aware of the fall hazards.   b) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees working at 20 feet above the ground and within 6 feet of an open edge on a flat roof were unaware of the fall hazards.

Issued

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1630.00 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:    a) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees gaining access to a the roof had the ladder extended with one rung above the landing surface.

Issued

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a) On or about 07/27/2017 - 6906 U.S. Highway 431, Albertville, AL, employees using an aluminum extension ladder to gain access to the roof of a building were unaware of the hazards of an improperly setup ladder.