OSHA Inspection: PRUDENCE TOWING, INC.

Issued

May 14, 2018

Abate by

Jun 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,219 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph.    a.)  1507 East Main Street, Oak Hill WV:  On or about 04/13/18, the live 220 volt busbars of the panel box inside the building were not protected by use of an approved cover.

Issued

May 14, 2018

Abate by

Jun 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,219 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites:    a.)  1507 East Main Street, Oak Hill WV:  On or about 04/13/18, the 120-volt, single-phase, 15 ampere receptacle supplying power to an extension cord connected to a Dewalt air compressor did not have ground fault circuit interrupter protection.

Issued

May 14, 2018

Abate by

Jun 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,134 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet 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, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    a.)  1507 East Main Street, Oak Hill WV:  On or about 04/13/18, employees performing roofing work on a 4/12 sloped roof were not protected from falling approximately 25' to the ground below.

Issued

May 14, 2018

Abate by

Jun 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a.)  1507 East Main Street, Oak Hill WV:  On or about 04/13/18, employees were not provided with training in the recognition of fall hazards and how to avoid them prior to being required to work on a roof approximately 25' above the ground.

Issued

May 14, 2018

Abate by

Jun 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,524 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.)  1507 East Main St. Oak Hill WV:  On or about 04/13/18, the Werner extension ladder used to access the roof was not extended at least 3' above the landing surface.

Issued

May 14, 2018

Abate by

Jun 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  a.)  1507 East Main Street, Oak Hill WV:  On or about 04/13/18, employees using a Werner ladder were not trained to recognize hazards associated with ladder usage.