OSHA Inspection: MIKEY RYAN LLC

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $9,472 · Current $6,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program as may be necessary to comply with this part:    On or about July 5, 2019, the employer failed to initiate and maintain an accident prevention program when employees were involved in residential construction activities including, but not limited to, re-siding and re-roofing the entryway overhangs for apartment buildings. The employer did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the worksite or provide training for employees. Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from an elevated surface with fall protection, scaffold, and ladder deficiencies present.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:    On or about July 5, 2019, the employer failed to initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person when employees were involved in residential construction activities including, but not limited to, re-siding and re-roofing the entryway overhangs for apartment buildings. Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from an elevated surface with fall protection, scaffold, and ladder deficiencies present.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    On or about July 5, 2019, the employer failed to instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their environment to control or eliminate hazards when employees were engaged in residential construction activities including, but not limited to, re-siding and re-roofing the entryway overhangs for apartment buildings. Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from an elevated surface with fall protection, scaffold, and ladder deficiencies present.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $9,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    On or about April 22, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that a Werner 6 foot mobile scaffold used during residential construction activities was erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person. The scaffold was erected with a Davidson Pro Series 6 foot portable ladder on top of it used to increase employee work height.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    On or about July 5, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that each employee who performed work while on a Werner 6 foot mobile scaffold was trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Sep 27, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $9,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15)(i): A ladder placed against a structure which was not part of the scaffold was not secured against the sideways thrust exerted by the ladder:    On or about April 22, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that a 6 foot Davidson Pro Series portable ladder placed on a Werner 6 foot mobile scaffold and against an entryway overhang to an apartment building was secured against the sideways thrust exerted by the ladder.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,716 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):    On or about April 22, 2019, employees engaged in residential construction activities including, but not limited to, re-roofing and re-siding the entryway overhangs on apartment buildings were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet 5 inches. The employer failed to provide guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 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 who might be exposed to fall hazards:    On or about July 5, 2019, employees were exposed to fall of approximately 11 feet 5 inches when they were engaged in residential construction activities including, but not limited to, re-roofing and re-siding the entryway overhangs on apartment buildings. The employer failed to provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $9,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    On or about April 22, 2019, the employer failed to ensure ladders were used for purposes other than that for which they were designed when a 6 foot Davidson Pro Series portable ladder was left folded up and leaned against an apartment building entryway overhang on top of a Werner 6 foot mobile scaffold to access the top of the overhang.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Nov 30, 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 July 5, 2019, the employer failed to provide a training program for each employee using ladders which would enable each employee to recognize hazards when employees were utilizing a 6 foot Davidson Pro Series portable ladder on top of a Werner 6 foot mobile scaffold to access the top of an apartment building entryway overhang.

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Abate by

Sep 27, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.  On or about April 22, 2019, the employer failed to report within 24 hours that a work-related incident resulting in an in-patient hospitalization had occurred resulting from injuries sustained in a fall while engaged in residential construction activities including, but not limited to, re-roofing and re-siding apartment building entryway overhangs.