OSHA Inspection: SOTO METAL BUILDING, LLC

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $5,937

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:  Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e):  a.  On or about January 30, 2020, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing siding installation operations from a Genie S-60X aerial lift, approximately twenty-eight (28) feet above the ground, was not wearing a personal fall arrest system, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

Apr 15, 2020

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.  On or about January 30, 2020, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing siding installation operations from a Genie S-60X aerial lift, was not trained to recognize the hazards associated with working from an aerial lift.  The employee was thereby exposed to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,089 · Current $5,089

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  a. On or about January 30, 2020, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing siding installation operations was standing on the top step of a 6-foot A-Frame ladder, thereby exposing the employee to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

Apr 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  a.  On or about January 30, 2020, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing siding installation operations from the top step of a 6-foot A-Frame ladder was not trained to recognize the hazards related to ladders, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.