OSHA Inspection: RICH DREGNE

Issued

Mar 18, 2022

Abate by

Mar 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

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) On or about October 19, 2021, employees conducting roof decking work on a 6:12 pitch roof, on the North side of the structure, were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately nine (9) feet four (4) inches onto gravel and dirt.

Issued

Mar 18, 2022

Abate by

Apr 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about October 19, 2021, the employer did not have a prepared program or written documentation of fall protection training to educate employees exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Mar 18, 2022

Abate by

Mar 24, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where a portable ladder(s) was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.    (a) On, or about October 19, 2021, the telescoping multi-position ladder erected on the North side of the structure, and being used for access to the roof, did not extend at least three (3) feet above the landing edge, and/or was not secured to the structure when it was not sufficiently extended. This exposed employees accessing the roof  to a nine (9) foot four (4) inch  fall hazard onto dirt and gravel.