OSHA Inspection: GANUS SIDING AND EXTERIORS SPECIALTIES, LLC

Issued

Jun 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 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:    (a)  On or about 03/12/19 - 1108 Brownstone Way, Cullman, Alabama, employees operating pneumatic nailers were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Jun 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,387 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):     (a)  On or about 03/12/19 - 1108 Brownstone Way, Cullman, Alabama, employees installing roofing shingles on a steep roof with an 8 in 12 pitch were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet.

Issued

Jun 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,364 Reduced

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)  On or about 03/12/19 - 1108 Brownstone Way, Cullman, Alabama, the ladder used by employees to access the roof was extended with one rung above the roof surface.