OSHA Inspection: NIKO CONTRACTING CO., INC.

Issued

2018-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system, or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), by the use of a safety monitoring system alone:      a) Job site, 2200 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 15, 2018, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that fall protection systems/devices were in use where employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 13 feet.

Issued

2018-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-04 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 who might be exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) Job site, 2200 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 15, 2018, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided fall protection training where working on a roof that exposed them to falls of up to approximately 13 feet.

Issued

2018-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in such proximity to parts of an electric power circuit that contact with the electric power circuit in the course of work was possible and the employee was not protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means:      a) Job site, 2200 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 15, 2018, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that service power drops to the building were effectively guarded from contact or had been deenergized.

Issued

2018-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after any occurrence that could affect their safe use:   a) Job site, 2200 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 15, 2018, during roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that the ladder in use was appropriately inspected in that the ladder was not properly marked with class or load ratings and other instructional stickers were either painted over or illegible.