OSHA Inspection: LAND AND SITE CONTRACTOR SERVICES, LLC

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1109.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer shall ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5).     On or about August 23, 2018, the employer did not ensure an employee permitted to operate powered industrial vehicles (forklifts) had successfully completed required training.

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $831.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.     On or about August 23, 2018, during the removal of roofing material from the roof of a hotel indoor pool building, located at 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio, the employer did not ensure employees used hook on ladders or another point of access to access and egress from a fabricated frame type scaffold erected around the exterior of the building.  Employees used the scaffold cross braces for a means to egress from the roof and scaffold.

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1109.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be 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 (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.     On or about August 23, 2018, during the removal of roofing material on a slow slop (approximately flat) roof of a hotel indoor pool building, located at 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from a fall of approximately 13 feet (roof to ground) by utilizing a guardrail system, fall protection system, and/or combination of warning line system and safety monitor system.

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(ii): A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope; (ii) to each other (iii) to a Dee-ring to which another snaphook or other connector is attached;(iv) to a horizontal lifeline; or (v) to any objectwhich is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself.  29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6): Unless the snaphook is a locking type and designed for the following connections, snaphooks shall not be engaged to each other [per 1926.502(d)(6)(ii)];

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.   On or about August 23, 2018, during the removal of roofing material on a roof of a hotel indoor pool building, located at 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio, the employer did not ensure employees exposed to a fall of approximately13 feet (roof to ground) were trained to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to follow to minimize falls hazards.

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $831.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.     On or about August 23, 2018, during the removal of roofing material from the roof of a hotel indoor pool building, located at 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio, the employer did not ensure the portable stepladder employees used to gain access to an upper landing surface (roof) extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.    On or about August 23, 2018, during the removal of roofing material from the roof of a hotel indoor pool building, located at 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio, the employer did not ensure a Werner 8 foot fiberglass stepladder was used in the purpose in which it was designed.  The step ladder was used in the closed position, leaned against the building for employees to gain access and egress from the roof.

Issued

2018-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   On or about August 23, 2018, during the removal of roofing material from the roof of a hotel indoor pool building, located at 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio, the employer did not provide a ladder training program to employees required to use scaffold ladder(s) and stepladder(s).  The employer did not ensure employees were able to recognize hazards related to ladder use and the procedures to follow to minimize ladder use hazards.