OSHA Inspection: MORIN'S SIDING & WINDOW COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Jan 13, 2023

Abate by

Feb 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $4,351 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  (a) Throughout the site; The employer did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the job site to identify and correct hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Jan 13, 2023

Abate by

Mar 31, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Throughout the site; The employer did not adequately train employees in the recognition and avoidance of hazards when working with ladders and while performing basic roofing operations.

Issued

Jan 13, 2023

Abate by

Mar 31, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $4,351 Reduced

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) Residential roof: On or about September 27, 2022, and on dates prior, one or more methods of fall protection were not in place while employees performed work from a residential roof at heights ranging between approximately 8 feet 10 inches to 25 feet.  (b) Front shed roof: One or more methods of fall protection were not in place while employees performed work from a shed roof at heights ranging between 8 foot 4 inches to 11 foot 7 inches.

Issued

Jan 13, 2023

Abate by

Mar 31, 2023

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) Residential and shed structures; Employees exposed to fall hazards associated with residential roofing were not adequately trained to recognize fall hazards and/or the procedures to be followed to minimize fall hazards.

Issued

Jan 13, 2023

Abate by

Jan 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $829 · Current $622 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): The employer did not fill out or correctly fill out an OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for each recordable injury or illness within 7 calendar days of notification of an injury or illness:  Morin's Siding & Window Company, Inc. - 5384 U.S. 2, Proctor, MN 55810. On or about October 5, 2022, the employer had not recorded the following workplace injury on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for calendar year 2022.  (a) On or about September 27, an employee fell off a roof and fractured multiple vertebras, which resulted in days away from work.  The employer did not enter the case on the form within 7 calendar days.