OSHA Inspection: FAR FROM BROKEN AUTO SALES, INC.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:  On or about June 4, 2019, on the roof of a shed at an establishment located at 960 South U.S. Highway 1 on Fort Pierce, Florida, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 9 feet when performing roof work on a low slope roof while not being protected from falling to the lower level.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Abate by

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   On or about June 4, 2019, on site of an establishment located at 960 South U.S. Highway 1 on Fort Pierce, Florida, an employee was exposed to fall hazards when performing roof work on a low slope roof prior to being provided with a training program that would enable him to recognize the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:  On or about June 4, 2019, on the west roof edge of a shed at an establishment located at 960 South U.S. Highway 1 on Fort Pierce, Florida, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard when using a that ladder set up in an active car lot to gain access to and from a roof while the ladder was not secured to prevent accidental displacement and/or barricaded.

Issued

Jul 1, 2019

Abate by

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   On or about June 4, 2019, on site of an establishment located at 960 South U.S. Highway 1 on Fort Pierce, Florida, an employee was exposed to fall hazards when using a portable ladder to gain access to and from a roof prior to being provided with a training program that would enable him to recognize the hazards associated with ladders.