OSHA Inspection: JZ EXTERIORS AND REPAIRS, LLC

Issued

Dec 30, 2019

Abate by

Jan 27, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them):  JOB SITE: 2005 St Andrews Drive, Saint Charles, MO 63301, on or about 10/29/2019, the employer failed to conduct frequent and regular inspections of the job site by a competent person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards on the job site.  The employer allowed his employees to be exposed to fall and struck-by hazards:  1.  Employees were permitted to work from a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 12 feet above ground level without Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS). 2.  Employees were permitted to work underneath overhead hazards of falling debris without protective helmets (hard hats). 3.  Employees were permitted to operate pneumatic nail guns without eye or face protection.

Issued

Dec 30, 2019

Abate by

Jan 27, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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:  JOB SITE: 2005 St Andrews Drive, Saint Charles, MO  63301, on or about 10/29/2019, workers were observed tearing off roofing material and dropping onto the ground as the ground crew were picking up debris and were not protected by protective helmets.  The workers were exposed to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

Dec 30, 2019

Abate by

Jan 27, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  JOB SITE 2005 St Andrews Drive, Saint Charles, MO 63301, on or about 10/29/2019, workers were observed operating a Hitachi METABO Pneumatic nail gun, MODEL: NV 45AB2, 70-210 psi without any form of eye or face protection.  The workers were exposed to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

Dec 30, 2019

Abate by

Jan 27, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  JOB SITE: 2005 St Andrews Drive, Saint Charles, MO 63301, on or about 10/29/2019, workers were observed on a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 12 feet above ground level, actively tearing off old roofing material and were not protected by a personal fall arrest system.  The workers were exposed to a fall hazard.