OSHA Inspection: ATLANTIC BUILDING ASSOCIATES, INC.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $3,046 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) Sea Glass Apartments at 32815 Azure Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971: On or about March 16, 2022, the employer failed to ensure employees used fall protection while working approximately 41 feet above the grade, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Oct 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $3,046 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not train each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards to enable them to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Sea Glass Apartments at 32815 Azure Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971: On or about March 16, 2022, the employer did not train each employee exposed to a fall hazard to properly recognize and minimize fall hazards.  Abatement Note: The training program must enable the employees to recognize the hazards of falling and must train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  Each employee must be trained by a competent person in the following: 1. The nature of fall hazards in the work area; 2. The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; 3. The use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used; 4. The role of each employee in the safety monitoring system when this system is used; 5. The limitations on the use of mechanical equipment during the performance of roofing work on low-sloped roofs; 6. The correct procedures for the handling and storage of equipment and materials and the erection of overhead protection; 7. The role of employees in fall protection plans; 8. The standards contained in this subpart. The employer must verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record that will contain the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $3,046 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:   a) Sea Glass Apartments at 32815 Azure Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971: On or about March 16, 2022, the employer failed to ensure employees used ladders that extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing to access the upper levels of a multi story building, exposing employees to fall hazards approximately 41 feet above grade.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Oct 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $3,046 Reduced

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 train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a) Sea Glass Apartments at 32815 Azure Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971: On or about March 16, 2022, The employer failed to provide any type of training to employees working on or with various types of ladders.