OSHA Inspection: FRS ROOFING INC.

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6):Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.  Location: Jobsite  On or about November 2, 2020 and other times prior, employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards while working on an aluminum pole scaffold system that had been erected in close proximity to an electrical power line.

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7):Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location:  On or about November 2, 2020, and other times prior employees were exposed to hazards associated with scaffold work such as falls, collapse, and electric shock while working where a scaffold systems that had been erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(k)(1):Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m)  Location: Jobsite  On or about November 2, 2020, an employee was expose to scaffold collapse hazards while working on a ladder jack scaffold system that was erected over twenty feet in height.

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   Location: Jobsite  On or about November 2, 2020, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of up to 30 feet to the ground below while working on a ladder jack scaffold system where a fall protection was not used.

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1):Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  Location: Jobsite  On or about November 2, 2020 an employee working on a ladder jack scaffold system was exposed to struck-by hazards such as falling tools and debris, while working without the use of a hardhat.