OSHA Inspection: PZ CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Sep 6, 2019

Abate by

Sep 12, 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) Residence Roof, 233 Greenbush Street, Scranton, PA - Employees on steep pitched roofs of the residence engaged in removing shingles and placing plywood without any means of fall protection were exposed to a fall hazard that ranged between ten (10) foot, eight (8) inch and twenty-six (26) foot, four (4) inch, as observed on or about August 8, 2019.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19, abatement certification and documentation is required for this violation.

Issued

Sep 6, 2019

Abate by

Sep 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  a) Detached Garage Roof, 233 Greenbush Street, Scranton, PA:  Employees were engaged in roof replacement activities on a 4:12 pitched roof without any means of fall protection, exposing the employees to fall hazards of seven (7) foot, eight (8) inch from the roof eave to twelve (12) foot from the roof peak on the rake edge, as observed on or about August 8, 2019.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19, abatement certification is required for this violation.

Issued

Sep 6, 2019

Abate by

Sep 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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) Front Porch Roof, Residence, 233 Greenbush Street, Scranton, PA - Employees used the slide section of a 24-foot Lousiville Aluminum Extension Ladder for roof access/egress with side rails that extended six (6) inch above the top of the front porch roof eave exposing the employees to a ten (10) foot, eight (8) inch fall hazard, on or about August 8, 2019  b) Main Roof, Residence, 233 Greenbush Street, Scranton, PA - Employees used the fly section of a 28-foot Werner Aluminum Type III Extension Ladder - Model D1128-2 for roof access/egress with a right side rail that extended eighteen (18) inch and a left side rail that extended five (5) inch above the rake side main roof edge exposing the employees to a twenty (20) foot fall hazard, on or about August 8, 2019.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19, abatement certification is required for this violation.

Issued

Sep 6, 2019

Abate by

Sep 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):  a) Detached Garage, 223 Greenbush Street, Scranton, PA - Employees on the detached garage roof used a closed 28-foot Werner Aluminum Extension Ladder for roof access/egress placed at a forty-six (46) degree angle such that the  horizontal distance from the foot to the top support was seven (7) foot, two (2) inches which was roughly three-quarters of the ten (10) foot, six (6) inch working length of the ladder exposing employees to a fall hazard, as observed on or about August 8, 2019.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation.

Issued

Sep 6, 2019

Abate by

Sep 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(10): The tops of a non-self-supporting ladder were not placed with the two rails supported equally:  a) Main Roof, Residence, 233 Greenbush Street, Scranton, PA - Employees used the fly section of a 28-foot Werner Aluminum Type III Extension Ladder - Model D1128-2 for roof access/egress with side rails that were not equally supported as the right side rail extended eighteen (18) inch and the left side rail extended five (5) inch above the rake side main roof edge exposing the employees to a twenty (20) foot fall hazard, on or about August 8, 2019.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19, abatement certification is required for this violation.