OSHA Inspection: R & H HOMES LLC

Issued

Oct 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $1,619 Reduced

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:    On or about 10/07/2020, the employer did not ensure that head protective equipment was used when:  A.  Workers were exposed to impact hazards when they were handing roof decking sheets overhead to workers on the roof.     B.  Workers were exposed to impact hazards of falling material and/or tools when working in the fall zone of the roof eve.

Issued

Oct 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $1,619 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    On or about 10/07/2020, eye protective equipment was not used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using pneumatic nail guns to install deck sheeting.

Issued

Oct 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,834 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    On or about 10/07/2020, the employer did not ensure fall protection was implemented during residential construction operations when:   A.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately eleven (11) feet off the roof eve when they were installing roof decking.  B.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately twenty-two (22) feet off the roof peak when they were installing roof decking.   C.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately twenty-two (22) feet through the roof trusses when they were installing roof decking.   D.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately eleven (11) feet to the ground when working around unprotected windows.  The windows had a sill of twenty-one (21) inches and was used by the employees to get on/off of the second story roof.