OSHA Inspection: B&F GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Issued

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $3,729

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:  a) Exterior, Ground level: Employee was exposed to head injuries while working below roofing activities. The employee was not protected by a hard hat or protective helmet, on or about 10/12/21.

Issued

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $3,729

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.   a) Garage Roof: Employees were exposed to eye and face injuries while removing and installing roof shingles without the use of eye and face protection, on or about 10/12/21.  b) Garage Roof: Employees were exposed to eye and face injuries while removing and installing roof shingles without the use of eye and face protection, on or about 10/12/21

Issued

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) Building Exterior Roof: Employee was exposed to a 12 foot fall hazard while installing rofing shingles from a ladder jack scaffold, without the utilizing personal fall arrest system or any other means of fall protection in place, on or about 10/12/21.

Issued

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $3,729

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Building Exterior-Roof: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while engaged in roofing activities, the employer did not provide training for each employee potentially exposed to a fall hazard and to enable each employee to recognize the fall hazards, on or about 10/12/21

Issued

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

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):  a) Building Exterior - Roof: Employees were exposed to a 15 foot fall hazard while working on a  8/12 pitched  roof of a residential home without the use of personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection in place, on or about 10/12/21.

Issued

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

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) Building Exterior Back: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while transitioning from an extension ladder to the  roof of a residential home. The ladder did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface, on or about 10/12/21.  b) Building Exterior Front: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while transitioning from an extension ladder to the  roof of a residential home. The ladder did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface, on or about 10/12/21.

Issued

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(10):The top of a non-self-supporting ladder was not placed with the two rails supported equally; nor was it equipped with a single support attachment:  a) Building Exterior front:  Employees were permitted to use an extension ladder that was set up unevenly at the top, the two rails were not supported equally while accessing the roof, on or about 10/12/21.