OSHA Inspection: NEW YORK NAILS SALON

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,881 · Current $0 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.    a) At the site where employees were working 11 feet high on a 4:12 roof installing felt paper, fall protection was not provided exposing employees to a 9 feet fall hazard, on or about 8/2/2018.

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,881 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.     a. At the site, employees were exposed to a 11 feet fall, in that, the ladder used to access a landing did not extend above the roof landing, on or about 08/9/2018.