OSHA Inspection: LOVETT INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

Issued

2018-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:      a) Job site, 3717 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about August 22, 2018, during painting and/or repair activities, the employer did not ensure that employees received chemical safety training on the products they used such as paint or caulking.

Issued

2018-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least described how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met:   a) Job site, 3717 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about August 22, 2018, during painting and/or repair activities, the employer did not ensure that a written chemical safety program existed at the worksite.

Issued

2018-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1108.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure:      a) Job site, 3717 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about August 22, 2018, during painting and/or repair activities, the employer did not ensure that employees used appropriate fall protection systems/devices where exposed to a fall hazard of up to approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2018-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1108.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) Job site, 3717 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about August 22, 2018, during painting and/or repair activities, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided appropriate fall protection systems/devices where employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2018-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails were not extended at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that would not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:      a) Job site, 3717 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about August 22, 2018, during painting and/or repair activities, the employer did not ensure that the ladder used to gain access from the porch roof was extended at least 3 feet above the landing in that it was only extended approximately 1 1/2 feet above the landing.

Issued

2018-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not ensure that frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment were made by competent persons designated by the employers:   a) Job site, 3717 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about August 22, 2018, during painting and/or repair activities, the employer did not ensure that an appropriate system was in place to recognize and correct safety and health hazards. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, lack of fall protection being used, ladders not being properly extended above the landing level, failing to have a proper chemical safety program in place and allowing an extension cord to be used that had the outer jacket cut all the way through and covered with tape.