OSHA Inspection: DANIEL BONTRAGER

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2078.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.    On or about January 25, 2018, and times prior, the employer did not initiate and maintain safety and health programs.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On or about January 25, 2018, and times prior, the employer did not instruct each employee on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to the work environment.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 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.    On or about January 25, 2018, the employees on site were not familiar with the OSHA scaffolding standards and the requirements held within.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 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:    On or about January 25, 2018, employees exposed to fall hazards were not trained on how to recognize and mitigate those fall hazards.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders as necessary, enabling each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    On or about January 25, 2018, the employees on site were not familiar with the OSHA ladder standards and the requirements held within.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2079.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)    On or about January 25, 2018, and times prior, the employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site made by a competent person.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    On or about January 25, 2018, employees were utilizing a ladder jack scaffolding system that was not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2079.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.    On or about January 25, 2018, employees working from a ladder jack scaffolding system were doing so with the platform extended more than 18 inches beyond the support.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $0.00 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    On or about January 25, 2018, employees working from a ladder jack scaffolding system that was more than two feet above the ground were not provided a safe means of access.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2910.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).    On or about January 25, 2018, employees working from a ladder jack scaffolding system were doing so within three feet of a residential electrical service line.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2910.00 Reduced

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:    On or about January 25, 2018, employees installing metal roofing on a residential home from a ladder jack scaffolding system at a height greater than ten feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $0.00 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 systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    On or about January 25, 2018, employees installing metal roofing on a residential home at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.