OSHA Inspection: ROYAL SEAMLESS GUTTER INC

Issued

Jun 29, 2020

Abate by

Jul 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,084 · Current $3,084

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:    Employees engaged in ground activities working below employees engaged in gutter installation activities were exposed to struck-by hazards in that head protection was not provided.

Issued

Jun 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398

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):  Employees were exposed to fall hazards.  Employees engaged in residential gutter installation activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet from the working surface to the ground in that fall protection was not provided.

Issued

Jun 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and 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:    Employees engaged in residential gutter installation activities were exposed to falls from approximately 12 feet, in that the aluminum ladder used to access the roof did not extend 3 feet from the eave of the roof or was secured to the structure.