OSHA Inspection: PREFERRED PANELS LLC

Issued

2024-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift. Note to paragraph (b)(2)(v): As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e).  On or about October 28, 2024, at an establishment located at 407 Oak Street in Neenah, Wisconsin, an employee used the aerial lift to prepare to double lock steel roofing materials at a roof line and was not connected by lanyard and body harness while performing work.

Issued

2024-11-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer shall have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question. The training shall include the following topics, as applicable:  On or about October 28, 2024, at an establishment located at 407 Oak Street in Neenah, Wisconsin, an employee was using an aerial lift to repaint a wall was not trained in how operating a scaffold by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.

Issued

2024-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling 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 system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.  On or about October 28, 2024, at an establishment located at 407 Oak Street in Neenah, Wisconsin, an employee of Preferred Panels was performing commercial roofing activities at the edge of a flat roof without any form of conventional fall protection while exposed to fall hazards of approximately over 12 feet.

Issued

2024-11-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii).   On or about October 28, 2024, at an establishment located at 407 Oak Street in Neenah, Wisconsin, workers were exposed to fall hazards without having been trained by a competent person in fall protection.

Issued

2024-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.  On or about October 28, 2024, at an establishment located at 407 Oak Street in Neenah, Wisconsin, performing re-roofing activities on an approximately 2-in-12 pitch roof, accessing and egressing the roof surface with a ladder that did not extend three feet above the roof surface, while exposed to an approximate 12-foot, 2-inch fall.

Issued

2024-11-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  On or about October 28, 2024, at an establishment located at 407 Oak Street in Neenah, Wisconsin, an employee was using an aerial lift to attach flashing to a roof eave and was not connected by lanyard and body harness while performing work.