OSHA Inspection: HOME IMPROVEMENT RESTORATION INC.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On or about July 10, 2024, employees were exposed to fall and overhead hazards, while roofing on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.    The employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, work procedures, and competent person oversight.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  On or about July 10, 2024, employees were exposed to fall and overhead hazards, while roofing on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.    The employer did not have a competent person conducting frequent and periodic safety inspections at the site.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2765.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):  The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  On or about July 10, 2024, an employee was exposed to overhead hazards without head protection while working from the ground under an employee on the roof, on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.  The employer did not provide employee training in order to provide the employee with the knowledge to recognize construction safety hazards, as well as the procedures to follow in order to minimize or eliminate those safety hazards.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about July 10, 2024, an employee was exposed to overhead hazards without head protection while working from the ground under an employee on the roof, on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

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):    On or about July 10, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet without fall protection, while roofing on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-15 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:  On or about July 10, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet without fall protection, while roofing on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.     The employer did not provide construction safety training to employees, in order to provide them with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards of falling and the safety requirements associated with fall protection, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate the fall hazards.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and 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:   On or about July 10, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet, while accessing and exiting the roof via an extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface, on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.

Issued

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-15 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:   On or about July 10, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet, while accessing and exiting the roof via an extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface, on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.     The employer did not provide construction safety training to employees, in order to provide them with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards related to ladders, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate theses hazards.