OSHA Inspection: SG BROTHER, LLC

Issued

2025-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $398.00 · Current $398.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   Location:  20 Pound Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut  Abatement certification and verification for Citation 001, Item 02b and Citation 001, Item 03b with a final order date of 10/8/2024  was not received within 10 calendar days (by 5/20/2024) following the abatement due date (5/10/2024).

Issued

2024-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  20 Pound Street, Ridgefield, CT: On or about February 20, 2024, employees who were required to use pneumatic nail guns to install roofing nails were not provided with or required to use eye protection.

Issued

2024-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.  20 Pound Street, Ridgefield, CT: On or about February 20, 2024, an employee who was required to work from a residential roof was not equipped with a properly installed personal fall arrest system, in that the attachment of the lifeline and lanyard was connected to the employee's harness leg strap.

Issued

2024-04-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-10 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) 20 Pound Street, Ridgefield, CT: On or about February 20, 2024, employees who were required to work from a residential roof were not trained in fall hazards and how to avoid them in that they did not adequately wear their Personal Fall Arrest System.

Issued

2024-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(6):Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level.  20 Pound Street, Ridgefield, CT: On or about February 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that an employee who was required to use an extension ladder to gain access to the roof, set the ladder on a stable and even surface. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground from the ladder that kicked out due to the snow and mud it was set on.

Issued

2024-04-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-10 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.  20 Pound Street, Ridgefield, CT: On or about February 20, 2024, an employee who was not trained in the proper set up of an extension ladder fell approximately 20 feet to the ground and sustained serious injuries after the ladder he was climbing kicked out at its base.