OSHA Inspection: TJ SIDING, LLC.

Issued

2018-01-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2000.00 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.    On or about September 20, 2017 the employer failed to ensure that employees who were working on the second and third levels of an apartment complex exterior balcony (building 15 &16) that was under construction, were protected from a fall from a height of up to 24 feet approximately.  Employees were not wearing a personal fall protection harness and other means of fall protection was not in place.

Issued

2018-01-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(ii): 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.    On or about September 20, 2017 the employer failed to ensure that an employee who was working at a height of approximately 24 feet on a third level of an apartment complex exterior balcony (building 15 &16) was using a snaphook that was the locking type on his fall protection lanyard.  The employee had attached two fall protection lanyards via their snaphooks.

Issued

2018-01-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    On or about September 20, 2017 the employer failed to ensure that employees who were working on the second and third levels of an apartment complex exterior walkway and balcony (building 15 &16) that was under construction, were protected from a fall from a height of approximately 12 feet.  Employees were using a stairway that had an unprotected side to access the second and third level floor landings and walk ways in order to put up siding on the exterior walls.  The stairway hand rail was removed.

Issued

2018-01-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and 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:    On or about September 20, 2017 the employer failed to ensure that employees who were working on the second and third levels of an apartment complex exterior balcony (building 15 &16) that was under construction, were protected from a fall from a height of up to 24 feet approximately.  Employees were accessing these upper levels via a  portable ladder that was not extended at least three feet above to upper landing surface.  The top of the ladders were nearly flush with the landing.

Issued

2018-01-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    On or about September 20, 2017 the employer failed to ensure that employees who were working on the second and third levels of an apartment complex exterior balcony (building 15 &16 with heights of up to 24 feet) were using portable ladders as they were designed to be used.  An employee had a folded step ladder leaning against the patio door wall and was standing on it to perform work.