OSHA Inspection: TITANS REMODELING INC.

Issued

Apr 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

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) On or about 03/26/18, at a roofing jobsite on a house at 266 Pennsylvania  St., Buffalo, NY:  Employees  were working on the ground doing clean-up work in the vicinity of employees working  above on the roof and a  Ladder Jack Scaffold . The employees were  exposed to the potential hazard of being struck by materials  that could fall off the roof and scaffold.  The employees were not wearing a hardhat.       NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged one to another:     a) On or about 03/26/18, at a roofing jobsite on a house at 266 Pennsylvania  St., Buffalo, NY:  Employees were  exposed  to a potential fall of tripping on the aluminum piks on a Ladder Jack Scaffold  erected on the west  side of the house because the aluminum  piks  were overlapped (bridged) on the Ladder Jack Scaffolding .    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,391 · Current $7,391

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:  a) On or about 03/26/18, at a roofing jobsite on a house at 266 Pennsylvania  St., Buffalo, NY:  Employees  were  on  the piks of a Ladder Jack Scaffold  erected on the west side of the house.  These employees  walked on the pik  to transport materials such as sheets of plywood to the employees  doing the sheathing of the roof.  The employees  were  exposed  to a potential fall of approx.  18 ft.  from  the piks.  No Fall protection system was being utilized.  NO ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED    Titans Remodeling  Inc.  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 11047041, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on 12/09/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 650 Columbus Parkway,  Buffalo, NY  14213.

Issued

Apr 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,391 · Current $7,391

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    a) On or about 03/26/18, at a roofing  jobsite on a house at 266 Pennsylvania  St., Buffalo, NY:  Employees installing  sheathing  on  the  west  side of the roof  were  exposed  to a potential fall of up to  20 ft.  because  no  fall protection system was being utilized.    NO ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED    Titans Remodeling  Inc.  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 11047041, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 12/09/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 650 Columbus Parkway,  Buffalo, NY  14213.