OSHA Inspection: AKZ PROPERTIES LLC

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,421 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, Employees working under ladder jack scaffold where shingles were being loaded onto the roof were not provided with protective helmets.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,421 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.    Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, employees were roofing and siding a home using tools such as saws and nail guns, and were not provided with eye protection.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 22, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,421 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH  On or about July 26, 2019, employees were performing roofing activities on a ladder jack scaffold that was not erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 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:    Location:  44 Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, employees working on ladder jack scaffolding above 23 feet were not protected from fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):   Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH  On or about July 26, 2019, Employees performing roof work from a pitched roof were not protected from falls of approximately 23 feet when fall protection was not used.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,421 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms shall not be bridged one to another.    Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, employee was loading shingles onto the roof on scaffold platforms that were bridged along the side of the house.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Apr 1, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $711 Reduced

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.    Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, employees exposed to a fall hazard when performing roof work from a ladder jack scaffold were not provided with a training  that would enable them to recognize the hazards associated with the scaffold being use and the hazards of falls.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Apr 1, 2020

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:    Location: 44 Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, employees exposed to a fall hazard when performing roof work were not provided with adequate training that would enable them to recognize the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $711 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:      Location: Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, the portable ladder used for access to the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing for the ladder jack scaffold that was in use.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $0 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).    Location: Perley Street Concord, NH    On or about July 26, 2019, the employer did not use non-self-supporting ladders at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder is approximately one-quarter the working length of the ladder.