OSHA Inspection: STAR RENOVATIONS LLC

Issued

Sep 15, 2022

Abate by

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $349 · Current $349

General-duty citation text

229 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   Location:  92 Boston Post Road, Milford, Connecticut  Abatement certification and verification for Citation 001, Item 1;  Citation 001, Item 2;  Citation 001, Item 3b; Citation 001, Item 3c; Citation 001, Item 4b; Citation 001, Item 5; Citation 001, Item 6a; and  Citation 001, Item 6b with a final order date of  6/17/2022  was not received within 10 calendar days ( by 5/5/2022) following the abatement due date (4/25/2022).

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each affected employee was using 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:  Jobsite:  The employees who were required to use pneumatic nail guns to install roofing shingles, were not equipped with and required to wear eye protection.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $3,729

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3): The employer did not ensure that scaffolds and scaffold components were inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, nor after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Jobsite:  The scaffold system was not inspected by a competent person prior to the start of the work shift to identify deficiencies.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):  The employer did not ensure that employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were protected from falling to the lower level by fall protection:  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees who were exposed to a fall hazard, approximately 17ft, while working on a ladder jack scaffold were protected from the hazard by means of a guardrail system or a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):  The employer did not ensure that each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that each employee who performs work while on a Ladder Jack Scaffold be trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b):  The employer did not ensure that each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold was trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  Jobsite:  The employer did not ensure that each employee was training by a competent person on recognizing hazards associated with disassembling,  operating, or inspecting a scaffold.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that an employee who was exposed to a fall hazard, of approximately 20ft, while working on an unprotected edge was protected by means of a guardrail system or a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 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 recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that each employee who was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20ft had been provided fall hazard training.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The employer did not ensure that the attachment point of the body belt was located in the center of the wearer's back. The attachment point of the body belt was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees who were installing shingles on the roof had their lifelines connected to the D ring at the back of the full-body harness instead of the positioning D ring on the hip belt and were exposed to back injuries if they were to fall.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):  The employer did not ensure that employees engaged in roofing operations and using a portable ladder used for access to the upper landing, extended the side rails at least 3 ft. above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  Jobsite:  The employees were exposed to a fall hazard while using a portable ladder to access the roof that extended approximately 1ft above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access.

Issued

Mar 30, 2022

Abate by

Apr 25, 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.  Jobsite: The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders.