OSHA Inspection: ELSNER PAINTING & PRESSURE WASHING INC.

Issued

May 31, 2022

Abate by

Sep 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,176 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1):The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On or about May 19, 2022 the employer Elsner Painting & Pressure Washing Inc. at jobsite located at 3885 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney OH 45365, did not have a plan or a program to identify job site hazards which assists employees in maintaining a safe working environment. Such programs would support the employer and employees in identifying and avoiding potential hazards such as falls and struck by hazards during job site operations, decreasing the probability of employee injury or illness.

Issued

May 31, 2022

Abate by

Sep 6, 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:  On or about May 19, 2022 the employer Elsner Painting & Pressure Washing Inc. at jobsite located at 3885 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney OH 45365, did not have a fall protection training program in place to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling, and procedures to minimize these hazards. Such programs would support the employer and employees in identifying and avoiding potential hazards such as falls during job site operations, decreasing the probability of employee injury or illness.

Issued

May 31, 2022

Abate by

Sep 6, 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.  On or about May 19, 2022 the employer Elsner Painting & Pressure Washing Inc. at jobsite located at 3885 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney OH 45365, did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards while using a portable ladder to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling from the ladder and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards. One employee using the single aluminum extension ladder to access the roof to perform roofing work was exposed to fall hazards 18 feet or greater to the ground below.

Issued

May 31, 2022

Abate by

Jun 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,177 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:  On or about May 19, 2022 the employer Elsner Painting & Pressure Washing Inc. at jobsite located at 3885 W. Michigan Ave. Sidney OH 45365, did not ensure employees were protected from falls while performing roofing activities atop a low sloped commercial structure. One employee installing new roofing sealant material to the structure was exposed to an 18 foot fall to the ground below.