OSHA Inspection: URETHANE SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

Mar 9, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $4,060 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a. On or about October 25, 2021, at 545 Sutton Place, Longboat Key, Florida, employees who were not qualified persons were exposed to electrocution hazards when they were not trained and familiar with work practices such as, but not limited to, handling conductive objects such as an aluminum extension ladder within the Minimum Approach Distance of 10 feet for energized overhead power lines at 7,620-volts.

Issued

Mar 9, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:  a. On or about October 25, 2021, at 545 Sutton Place, Longboat Key, Florida, employees who were exposed to electrocution hazards when they were not trained and familiar with work practices such as, but not limited to, handling conductive objects such as an aluminum extension ladder within the Minimum Approach Distance of 10 feet of/ the Minimum Approach Distance of energized overhead power lines at 7,620-volts.

Issued

Mar 9, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $14,502 · Current $13,052 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit.  a. On or about October 25, 2021, at 545 Sutton Place, Longboat Key, Florida, employees were exposed to electrocution hazards when using an aluminum extension ladder to gain access to a rooftop located, near energized overhead power lines at 7,620-volts and the employer did not determine whether the performance of the work could bring the employees or the aluminum ladder into physical or electrical contact with the power lines nor did the employer post and maintain proper warning signs where such energized lines existed.

Issued

Mar 9, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $4,060 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive side rails:    a. On or about October 25, 2021, at 545 Sutton Place, Longboat Key, Florida, employees who were unqualified persons were exposed to electrocution hazards when working from the ground below energized electrical power lines to erect an aluminum extension ladder that did not have nonconductive siderails to gain access to a roof-top and the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical power lines at 7,620-volts.