OSHA Inspection: MOROCHOS HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

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: An employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while using pneumatic nail guns to install shingles, was not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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 10/12 steep roof without means of fall protection in place, on or about 7/25/2019.   b) Exterior, Back sub-Roof of the house: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while engaged in roofing activities on a roof without means of fall protection in place, on or about 7/25/2019.  c) Exterior, Front sub-Roof of the house: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while engaged in roofing activities on a roof without means of fall protection in place, on or about 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d): "Personal fall arrest systems." Personal fall arrest systems and their use shall comply with the provisions set forth below. Effective January 1, 1998, body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  a) Building Exterior - Roof: An employee was wearing a lanyard as a body belt and part of personal fall arrest system, on or about 7/25/2019

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Abate by

Oct 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(11): Ladder(s) was/were moved, shifted, or extended while occupied:  a) Building Exterior: An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet to the ground level while moving the ladder to installed roofing paper, on or about 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Each employee did not use at least one hand to grasp the ladder when progressing up and/or down the ladder.  a) Building Exterior: An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet to the ground level while not using at least one hand to go up the ladder, on or about 7/25/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees  using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:   a) Building Exterior: An employees was exposed to a fall hazard while climbing a ladder with roofing paper on his right shoulder and a connected pneumatic nail gun on his right hand, on or about 7/25/2019.