OSHA Inspection: BIG E CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2018-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2217.00

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) Commercial Establishment, 240 Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre Township, PA - Employees on the low-sloped roof (3:12 pitch) of a convenience store were installing shingles without any means of fall protection and were exposed to a fall hazard that ranged from nine (9) foot to fourteen (14) foot above asphalt, as observed on or about October 12, 2018.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19, abatement certification is not required for this violation as the hazardous condition was corrected during the inspection.

Issued

2018-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $1663.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.  a) Commercial Establishment, 240 Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre Township, PA - Employees used a 28-foot Type IA Fiberglass D-Rung Extension Ladder - Model D6228-2 for roof access/egress with fly section side rails that extended twenty (20) inches above the roof edge exposing the employees to a fall hazard, as observed on or about October 12, 2018.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19, abatement certification is not required for this violation as the hazardous condition was corrected during the inspection.