OSHA Inspection: KARR BROTHERS DRYWALL. INC.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Abate by

Jul 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $2,897 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On or about 2/7/19, at 710 Soll Street, Naples, FL, the employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions whereas employees were exposed to fall, impalement, and struck-by hazards while installing sheathing on a residential roof.    PLEASE NOTE: DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,126 · Current $2,069 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee was using eye protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles:    On or about 2/7/19, at 710 Soll Street, Naples, FL, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while using a circular saw to cut plywood and pneumatic nail gun to install sheathing on a residential roof.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Abate by

Jul 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $2,897 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):    On or about 2/7/19, at 710 Soll Street, Naples, FL, employees installing sheathing on a residential roof were exposed to fall hazards due to lack of fall protection equipment.     PLEASE NOTE: DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,126 · Current $2,069 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    On or about 2/7/19, at 710 Soll Street, Naples, FL, employees installing sheathing on a residential roof were exposed to impalement hazards due to lack of protective caps on rebar located on the ground level below the roof.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,126 · Current $2,068 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    On or about 2/7/19, at 710 Soll Street, Naples, FL, employees were using a stepladder in a closed position exposing themselves to a fall hazard due to using the ladder in a manner that it is not designed to be used.