OSHA Inspection: FATHER AND SONS CONTRACTING, LLC

Issued

Nov 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $2,073 Reduced

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 October 28, 2024, employees were exposed to a struck by hazard while working 19.3 feet beneath an active roofing crew at a residential home located at 5508 Schueller Blvd, SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH 44054, without wearing protective helmets.

Issued

Nov 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,380 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee use 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:   On or about October 28, 2024, employees were exposed to struck by hazards while installing shingles with pneumatic nail guns on a residential roof located at 5508 Schueller Blvd, SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH 44054, without wearing any form of eye or face protection.

Issued

Nov 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,419 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):   On or about October 28, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees engaged in installing shingles on a 7/12 pitched residential roof located at 5508 Schueller Blvd, SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH 44054, 19.3 feet above the ground were protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring.

Issued

Nov 8, 2024

Abate by

Dec 6, 2024

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 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 October 28, 2024, the employer did not provide a training program for the employees exposed to a fall hazard of 19.3 feet above the ground while installing shingles on a residential roof located at 5508 Schueller Blvd, SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH 44054.

Issued

Nov 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $0 Reduced

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:   On or about October 28, 2024, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 19.3 feet while completing roofing work on a residential home located at 5508 Schueller Blvd, SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH 44054. Employees were using an extension ladder to access the roof, and the employer did not ensure it extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.