OSHA Inspection: MICHAEL'S REMODELING

Issued

2023-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, or where permitted under another provision in paragraph (b) of this section, by another fall protection measure:   a) Job site, 3908 Howley Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 2, 2023, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were in use where employees were exposed to fall hazards of at least up to approximately 20 feet.

Issued

2023-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a) Job site, 3908 Howley Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 2, 2023, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided with appropriate fall protection training prior to working at heights where they were exposed to fall hazards of up to at least up to approximately 20 feet.

Issued

2023-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2679.00 · Current $1000.00 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 (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access; or, when such an extension was not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that would not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:   a) Job site, 3908 Howley Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 2, 2023, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate ladder safety was followed at the job site in that to get up/down from the main upper house roof to a lower roof, an employee used a step ladder which did not extend beyond the roof line at all, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of at least 10 feet.

Issued

2023-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than for which they were designed:    a) Job site, 3908 Howley Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 2, 2023, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate ladder safety was followed at the job site in that to get up/down from the main upper house roof to a lower roof, employees used a step ladder which the employee had to get on/off of in a sideways manner, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of at least 10 feet.

Issued

2023-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    a) Job site, 3908 Howley Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 2, 2023, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate ladder safety was followed at the job site in that to get up/down from the main upper house roof to a lower roof, an employee used the top step of a step ladder to climb up or down, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of at least 10 feet.

Issued

2023-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    a) Job site, 3908 Howley Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 2, 2023, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate ladder safety training was provided to an employee who used a step ladder in an unsafe manner to get up/down from one roof level to another, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of at least 10 feet.

Issued

2023-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not ensure that a system of frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment was made by a competent person:   a) Job site, 3908 Howley Street, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about March 2, 2023, during roofing work, the employer did not ensure that an appropriate system was in place to identify unsafe working and conditions and have them corrected, resulting in employees being exposed to fall hazards and ladder safety hazards.