OSHA Inspection: SGRR CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2022-12-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1865.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, shall:  29 CFR  1926.502(d)(16)(iii): be rigged such that an employee can neither free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m), nor contact any lower level.  a. On or before November 19, 2022, at the worksite located at 8020 Chesapeake Lot CHP049 Pickerington Ohio 43147: The employer failed to ensure an employee's personal fall arrest system was rigged so that the employee could not fall more than 6 feet or contact a lower level. An employee was roofing a porch roof with a lifeline that was extended out creating excessive slack that would result in a fall of greater than 6 feet, thereby being exposed to a 11-foot 5-inch fall hazard.

Issued

2022-12-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1865.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c): "Retraining." When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section, the employer shall retrain each such employee. Circumstances where retraining is required include, but are not limited to, situations where:  29 CFR  1926.503(c)(3):Inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding or skill.  a. On or before November 19, 2022, at the worksite located at 8020 Chesapeake Lot CHP049 Pickerington Ohio 43147: The employer failed to ensure employees had the understanding and skill required for fall protection systems. The employer failed to retrain an employee who did not understand the requirements for adjusting the vertical lifeline of his fall arrest system to prevent a fall of greater than 6 feet, thereby exposing the employee to a 11-foot 5-inch fall hazard.