OSHA Inspection: G & B CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $1,774 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees who were working on the ground below roofing activities were provided with and required to wear head protection.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $1,774 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure employees used eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees who were required to use pneumatic nail guns while installing roofing shingles were provided with and required to use eye protection.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Abate by

May 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $2,483 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that the ladder jack scaffold that was erected without fall protection was erected by a person competent in scaffold erection.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Abate by

May 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees who were required to work from a residential roof were provided with training that would enable the employees to recognize the hazards associated with working from heights.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Abate by

May 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders as necessary, enabling each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees who were required to use a damaged extension ladder to gain access to a roof were trained to recognize the hazards associated ladders.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $2,483 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees who were required to perform roofing work from a ladder jack scaffold at a height above ten feet were provided with and required to use fall protection.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $2,483 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).  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees who were required to work from a residential roof at a height above six feet, installing new roofing shingles were protected from falling by guardrail systems, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $1,064 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.  Worksite: On or about October 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that an extension ladder used to gain access to a roof was removed from service due to damaged rungs.