OSHA Inspection: MRS REMODELING, LLC

Issued

Sep 13, 2018

Abate by

Oct 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee using a pneumatic nail gun to install trim boards was not only provided with, but also wearing eye protection equipment.

Issued

Sep 13, 2018

Abate by

Oct 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the ladder jack scaffold from which an employee was working at a height approximately 13 feet 4 inches above the ground was erected under the supervision of a person competent in scaffold erection.

Issued

Sep 13, 2018

Abate by

Oct 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee working from the ladder jack scaffold was trained in the fall hazards and procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards associated with the type of scaffold.

Issued

Sep 13, 2018

Abate by

Oct 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee exposed to fall hazards approximately 11 feet to the ground while working on the 4 in 12 pitch roof was trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Sep 13, 2018

Abate by

Oct 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,760 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee working from the ladder jack scaffold at a height approximately 13 feet 4 inches to the ground was protected from fall hazards by the use of a guardrail system or a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Sep 13, 2018

Abate by

Oct 10, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,760 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).    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee working on the 4 in 12 pitch residential roof at a height approximately 11 feet to the ground was protected from fall hazards by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system or a personal fall arrest system.