OSHA Inspection: BARR CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Jul 3, 2019

Abate by

Jul 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) 424 E. Water St., Hughsville, PA: Employees working below areas where roofing work was taking place were not protected from being struck in the head by falling tools and material by a protective helmet, on or about April 8, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 3, 2019

Abate by

Jul 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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:  a) 424 E. Water St., Hughsville, PA: An employee who was working while standing on a scaffold platform that was approximately 4 feet above a porch roof and 17 feet above the ground was not provided with a safe means of access, on or about April 8, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 3, 2019

Abate by

Jul 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a) 424 E. Water St., Hughsville, PA: An employee on a scaffold plank that was approximately 17 feet above the ground was not protected from falling, on or about April 8, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 3, 2019

Abate by

Jul 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,000 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) 424 E. Water St., Hughsville, PA: The side rails of a Louisville 16 foot extension ladder used by employees to access the main roof from the porch roof extended only about 1 foot above the landing surface, on or about April 8, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 3, 2019

Abate by

Jul 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $26,520 · Current $6,000 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) 424 E. Water St., Hughsville, PA: Employees performing roofing work while on a porch roof that was 10 feet above the ground were not protected from falling, on or about April 8, 2019.  b) 424 E. Water St., Hughsville, PA: Employees performing roofing work while on a steep roof with an eave height of 20 feet above the ground were not protected from falling, on or about April 8, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED