OSHA Inspection: D. BAUER ENTERPRISES, INC.

Issued

Jun 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,663 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) Jobsite, 1036 Brookline Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA:  On or about May 23, 2018 an employee engaged in roofing activities on a low sloped roof with an unprotected side or edge was not protected from falling approximately 20 feet by the use of guardrails, safety nets, personal fall arrest systems or warning line system.

Issued

Jun 13, 2018

Abate by

Jul 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,663 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii):    (a) Jobsite, 1036 Brookline Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about May 23, 2018 employees who were exposed to fall hazards when working on the low sloped roof had not been trained by a competent person to ensure the employee understood what fall hazards existed at the work site and what procedures were to be used to erect, maintain and inspect fall protection systems.

Issued

Jun 13, 2018

Abate by

Jul 10, 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) Jobsite, 1036 Brookline Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA:  On or about May 23, 2018 the employer had not provided training for each employee who uses ladders to ensure they were able to recognize hazards related to ladder use and what procedures could be used to minimize these hazards.