OSHA Inspection: NEUPMANN BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2780.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, a personal fall arrest system, or an alternative fall protection measure as provided by another provision in paragraph (b) of this section:    JOBSITE:  The employees preparing to install a lunette window on a steep pitched (10 in 12 pitch) roof were not protected from falling between 8 feet 7 inches to 28 feet 6 inches to the ground by the use of guardrails, personal fall arrest system or other equivalent means.    On or about 04/23/19, one of employees prepared to install a lunette window on a steep pitched (10 in 12 pitch) roof slipped and fell to a lower steep pitched (10 in 12 pitch) roof then fell 8 feet 7 inches to the concrete ground. The employee sustained severe laceration to his forehead and a severely sprained left knee.

Issued

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 ensure that each employee exposed to fall hazard while performing roofing activities, was protected through training to recognize  the hazards of falling and the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.

Issued

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1990.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grab rail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    JOBSITE: The side rails of the following extension ladders used by employees for access, did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surfaces:    1. Werner blue 20-foot extension ladder.  2. Aluminum 32-foot extension ladder.

Issued

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1990.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support).    JOBSITE:  The angles of the following extension ladders were not used such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladders was approximately one-quarter the working length of the ladder:    1. Blue Werner 20-foot extension ladder.  2. Aluminum 32-foot extension ladder.

Issued

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  JOBSITE:  The employer did not ensure that each employee using the following ladders to access upper levels was provided with ladder training to recognize hazards and the procedures to minimize the hazards:  1. Werner blue 20-foot extension ladder. 2. Aluminum 32-foot extension ladder.

Issued

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  JOBSITE:  The employer did not ensure that each employee performing construction activities had received training to recognize hazards and the procedures to minimize the hazards.