OSHA Inspection: EASTERN REMODELING LLC

Issued

Apr 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,500 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:      a) On or about 04/10/18, on a jobsite located at the back of a house,  148 West Ave., Buffalo, NY:  An employee  was on a the pik of a Ladder Jack Scaffold  erected on the back side of the house taking measurements  at a window.  The employee  was  exposed  to a potential fall of approx.  20 ft.  from the pik.  No Fall protection system was being utilized.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:        a) On or about 04/10/18, on a jobsite located at the back of a house,  148 West Ave., Buffalo, NY:  Employees  used  an extension ladder to access the pik of  a ladder jack scaffold. The siderails of that extension ladder only extended about 7 inches above the edge of the  pik.        NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED