OSHA Inspection: M.A. URGOLA ENTERPRISES INC

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,358 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) Building Exterior/Front: An employee working without hard hat was exposed to a struck by hazard from roofing shingles, workers on the roof and tools, on or about 11/01/2017.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,902 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(d): Portable, power-driven circular saw(s) were not equipped with a guard above and below the base plate or shoe:      a) Building Exterior/Side: Employees are exposed to an amputation hazard while using a Bosch table saw that was missing a guard, on or about 11/01/2017.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,087 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:       a) Building Exterior/Side: An electrical Quad box was used as extension cord for a Bosch table saw, on or about 11/01/2017.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,902 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.      a) Building Exterior/Front: An employee was not provided a means to access a 17 foot ladder jack scaffold, on or about 11/01/2017.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Building Exterior/Front: An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 17 feet while working from a ladder jack scaffold without a personal fall arrest system, on or about 11/01/2017.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,902 Reduced

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) Roof of Residential Building: Employees engaged in roofing work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 30 feet while working without a personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection on a roof with a pitch of 10/12, on or about 11/01/2017.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,851 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:      a) Building Exterior/Front: An employee was exposed to impalement hazard from multiple uncapped protruding reinforcing steel below a ladder jack scaffold, on or about 11/01/2017.