OSHA Inspection: STYLES CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3126.00 · Current $3126.00

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) Exterior, Ground level:  Employees were exposed to head injuries while working below roofing activities. The employees were not protected by a hard hat or protective helmet, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                                                            a) Exterior, Roof Level of house: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while using pneumatic nail guns to install shingles, were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4376.00 · Current $4376.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) Building Exterior Roof: Employees were exposed to a 25 foot fall hazard while installing plywood on the roof from a ladder jack scaffold, without the utilizing personal fall arrest system or any other means of fall protection in place, on or about 7/11/2019.  b) Building Exterior Back Roof: An employee was exposed to a 25 foot fall hazard while installing roof shingles from a ladder jack scaffold, at the back of the house without the utilizing personal fall arrest system or any other means of fall protection in place, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4376.00 · Current $4376.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(11): Lifelines were not protected against being cut or abraded:  a) Building Exterior-Roof: An employee was using a vertical Life line that was not protected against cuts or abrasions while tied around a chimney, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4376.00 · Current $4376.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15)(ii): Anchorages points were not installed under the supervision of a qualified person.  a) Building Exterior-Roof: An employee was exposed to a fall hazard, while engaged in roofing activities and the anchorage point was not installed under the supervision of a qualified person, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

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:  a) Building Exterior-Roof: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while engaged in roofing activities, the employer did not provide training for each employee potentially exposed to a fall hazard and to enable each employee to recognize the fall hazards, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8752.00 · Current $8752.00

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) Exterior, Roof of the house: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet while engaged in roofing activities on a 8/12 steep roof without means of fall protection in place, on or about 7/11/2019.   The Styles Construction LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (name previously cited standard), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1375292, citation number 1 item number 1and was affirmed as a final order on 3/4/2019, with respect to a workplace located at 683 Ridgewood Ave Ridgewood NJ 07450.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8752.00 · Current $8752.00

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) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while transitioning from an extension ladder to the roof of a residential home. The ladder did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface, on or about 7/11/2019.  The Styles Construction LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1375292, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 3/4/2019, with respect to a workplace located at 683 Ridgewood Ave Ridgewood, NJ 07450.