OSHA Inspection: RUSSELL HAMLYN

Issued

Dec 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  Abatement certification was not received by July 25, 2019, for Citation 1, Item 2 and Item 3 of this inspection.

Issued

May 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,932 · Current $1,932

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  Jobsite:  Employees using ladder jack scaffolding for roofing work greater than eight (8) feet above the ground were not provided with a safe means of access exposing them to falls.

Issued

May 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms shall not be bridged one to another.  Jobsite: Employees were using a ladder jack scaffold system where two planks were bridged exposing employees to falls and struck-by hazards.

Issued

May 23, 2019

Abate by

Jul 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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):   Jobsite:  Employees were engaged in residential roofing on a steep pitched roof without the use of fall protection exposing them to falls of approximately nine (9) feet seven (7) inches from the roof edge to the ground below.

Issued

May 23, 2019

Abate by

Jul 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

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:  Jobsite: The employer did not provide fall protection training for employees engaged in roofing work greater than nine (9) feet above the ground exposing them to falls and other injuries from improperly worn and utilized fall protection equipment.