OSHA Inspection: BT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  Jobsite: Employees, picking up roofing debris from the ground around the house, were not wearing head protection and exposed to tools and/or roofing debris falling on them.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $3349.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles.   Jobsite: Employees, using pneumatic nail guns to affix asphalt shingles to the roof, were exposed to nails and/or roofing pieces from striking them in the eyes.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

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):    Jobsite: Employees, reroofing the home, were exposed to falls of 8-ft to greater than 22-ft to the ground.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2009.00 · Current $2009.00

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:   Jobsite: Employees, reroofing the home, were not trained in the recognition of fall hazards and the procedures to minimize or eliminate them.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-01-19 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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   Jobsite: Employees, accessing the roof via the aluminum extension ladder at the front of the house, were not trained in the recognition of ladder hazards and the procedures to minimize or eliminate them.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

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:   Jobsite: The aluminum extension ladder, used by employees accessing the roof, did not extend 3-ft beyond the surface accessed exposing them to falls when mounting/dismounting the ladder.