OSHA Inspection: NICK LETTERS HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC

Issued

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,100 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:      a) Job site, 1148 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about September 11, 2019, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that employees used appropriate eye/face protection while operating nail guns.

Issued

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:      a) Job site, 1148 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about September 11, 2019, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that a safe means of access/egress was provided on a scaffold jack scaffold in that employees climbed over the pick to get up/down, exposing them to a fall hazard of up to at least 20 feet.

Issued

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platform heights exceeded 20 feet:    a) Job site, 1148 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about September 11, 2019, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that a scaffold jack platform was kept under 20 feet in height.

Issued

Oct 8, 2019

Abate by

Oct 21, 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:    a) Job site, 1148 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about September 11, 2019, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that employees working on a ladder jack scaffold were provided with proper safety training. Concerns noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, platform height was over 20 feet and no safe access was provided to get on/off the scaffold.

Issued

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) 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 by the use of a safety monitoring system alone:       a) Job site, 1148 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about September 11, 2019, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were in use on a low sloped roof, exposing them to a fall hazard of up to at least 20 feet.

Issued

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   a) Job site, 1148 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about September 11, 2019, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were in use on a steep pitched roof, exposing them to a fall hazard of up to at least 20 feet.

Issued

Oct 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that would not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:   a) Job site, 1148 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about September 11, 2019, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that the ladder used to get on/off the roof was properly extended above the roofline in that it was only raised about 1 foot above the gutter edge of the building.