OSHA Inspection: SOUTHWEST EXTERIOR DESIGNS, INC.

Issued

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(15): Each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet (1.8 meters) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  Employees performing siding work without fall protection were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $1630.00

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:  Employees had not been trained to recognize hazards related to falls and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards while performing roofing work, at a height of over 6 feet, without fall protection.

Issued

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(ii): Modifications or additions affecting the safe operation of the equipment were  made without the manufacturer's written approval:Note:  If such modifications or changes were made, the capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction plates, tags, or decals should have been changed accordingly.  Employees performing trim work from a job made box attached to elevated forks of a JLG truck were exposed to an unprotected fall to the ground below.

Issued

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3259.00 · Current $3259.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks.  The employer did not ensure industrial trucks used to lift employees were inspected, maintained, and operated before working with the equipment and exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $1630.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d): The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):  The employer did not ensure employees operating powered industrial trucks were trained and evaluated and exposed them to struck-by hazards AS REFERENCED IN 1926.602(d)