OSHA Inspection: GREEN MASTER CONTRACTOR CORPORATION

Issued

Jul 28, 2023

Abate by

Aug 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $965 · Current $965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1):The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  Location - 1000 Fairfield Street, Scranton, PA:  (a)	The employer did not provide a written certification to OSHA that the abatement was complete on or about May 16, 2023.

Issued

May 4, 2023

Abate by

May 16, 2023

Penalty

Initial $12,031 · Current $12,031

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) 1000 Fairfield Street, Scranton, PA: Employees performing roofing work on a residential structure that had an eave height of approximately 18 feet were not protected from falling, on or about November 8, 2022.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 4, 2023

Abate by

May 16, 2023

Penalty

Initial $12,031 · Current $12,031

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) 1000 Fairfield Street, Scranton, PA: Employees did not receive training on the hazards associated with working from heights while performing roofing work without fall protection and exposed to a fall of approximately 18 feet, on or about November 8, 2022.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMEENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 4, 2023

Abate by

May 16, 2023

Penalty

Initial $12,031 · Current $12,031

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) 1000 Fairfield Street, Scranton, PA: Employees were accessing the upper roof where the ladder did not extend three feet above the non-vertical landing surface, exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about November 8, 2022.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 4, 2023

Abate by

May 16, 2023

Penalty

Initial $12,031 · Current $12,031

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:  a) 1000 Fairfield Street, Scranton, PA: Employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with using a ladder that did not extend three feet above the landing exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet, on or about November 8, 2022.  a) 1000 Fairfield Street, Scranton, PA: Employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with carrying a ladder while descending an extension ladder, and were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet, on or about November 8, 2022.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED