OSHA Inspection: KENSINGER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2021-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2341.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10):Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.  (a)  Jobsite:  On or about July 16, 2021, an employee was doing roof work and he was not protected from falling to the ground.  The fall hazard ranged from approximately 10 to 13 feet.

Issued

2021-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(c):The employer did not retrain affected employees  who already had been trained but demonstrated inadequate  understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section:  (a)  Jobsite:  On or about July 16, 2021,  an employee who was working on a roof without fall protection needs to be retrained on how and when to use fall protection when working from a roof.

Issued

2021-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1755.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  (a)  Jobsite:  On or about July 16, 2021, the ladder that an employee was using to access the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the edge of the roof.   The fall hazard to the employee was about  11 feet to the ground.

Issued

2021-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(b):The employer did not provide retraining as necessary so that each employee exposed to fall hazards maintained the understanding and knowledge acquired through initial training:  (a)  Jobsite:  On or about July 16, 2021, the employer needs to retrain its employees on how to safely set up and use ladders on the jobsite.