OSHA Inspection: DAVE POST

Issued

2023-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $0.00 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) Roof of residential home; On or about June 21, 2023, fall protection systems were not used during roofing operations on a new residential roof at heights ranging from 8 feet, 4 inches to 18 feet, 7 inches above the ground.

Issued

2023-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-26 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 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) Throughout the company; Fall hazard awareness and/or fall prevention training was not provided to employees before they performed roofing activities at heights up to 18 feet, 7 inches above the lower level.

Issued

2023-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2679.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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) Southwest side of the house; On or about June 21, 2023, side rails of a multi-position ladder setup as a self-supporting ladder (stepladder) to access an elevated work area did not extend 3 feet past the upper landing.

Issued

2023-09-27 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) Southwest side of the house; On or about June 21, 2023, the top steps of a multi-position ladder setup as a self-supporting ladder (stepladder) were used to access an elevated work area as part of roofing operations.

Issued

2023-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-26 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, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:   (a) Throughout the company; On or about June 21, 2023, training was not provided to inform employees how to properly setup, use, and inspect ladders before they used a multi-position ladder to access elevated work areas as part of roofing operations.