OSHA Inspection: SUNSET HOME IMPROVEMENT INC.

Issued

May 9, 2025

Abate by

Jun 12, 2025

Penalty

Initial $438 · Current $438

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated.  (a) Establishment:  As of May 8, 2025, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 2 item 3 from inspection number 1780787, issued on 1/6/2025, with a final order date of 2/4/2025.

Issued

May 9, 2025

Abate by

Jun 12, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) Establishment:  As of May 8, 2025, the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citation 2 item 3 from inspection number 1780787, issued on 1/6/2025, with a final order date of 2/4/2025.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $5,323

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.  a) Worksite: On or about 10-10-2024, an employee was exposed to struck-by hazards while working on a roof level below roofers on a higher roof level.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,563 · Current $4,563

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(10): The tops of a non-self-supporting ladder were not placed with the two rails supported equally.   (a) Worksite: On or about 10-10-2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards while ascending and descending an extension ladder to gain access to a roof surface that was placed against the downward slope of a pitched roof.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $5,323

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive siderails.   (a) Worksite: On or about 10-10-2024, employees were exposed to electrical type hazards from ascending and descending an aluminum extension ladder that was set-up approximately 2-feet from the live electrical power feed coming into the structure.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $10,646

General-duty citation text

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, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.   (a) Worksite: On or about 10-10-2024, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from utilizing pneumatic nail guns during residential roofing without any means of eye or face protection.   Sunset Home Improvement Inc., LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1467194, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 04-03-2020, with respect to a workplace located at 33 Wabun Avenue Providence, Rhode Island 02908.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $10,646

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 were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b).   Worksite: On or about 10-10-2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards at a height of approximately 14-feet above the lower level while removing and installing roofing material without any means of fall protection.  Sunset Home Improvement Inc., LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1467194, citation number 1, item number 2a, and was affirmed as a final order on 04-03-2020, with respect to a workplace located at 33 Wabun Avenue Providence, Rhode Island 02908.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Abate by

Feb 21, 2025

Penalty

Initial $9,126 · Current $9,126

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(b)(1):The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.  a) Worksite: On or about 10-10-2024, the employer did not certify fall protection training for his employees performing residential roof work at a height of approximately 14-feet above the lower level.