OSHA Inspection: P.A.R.C. EXTERIORS

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

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) Jobsite, 123 Cedar Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA:  On or about June 25, 2018, an employee was installing shingles approximately 27-30 feet above the ground and was not utilizing fall protection.

Issued

2018-07-13 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 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) Jobsite, 123 Cedar Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA:  On or about June 25, 2018, an employee was installing shingles on a residential house at heights above 6 feet without fall protection, and the employer did not have a training program to instruct him on the hazards of working at heights and how to protect himself from them.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  a) Jobsite, 123 Cedar Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA:  On or about June 25, 2018, the ladder an employee was using to access the roof was not extended 3' above the landing surface.