OSHA Inspection: SOLAR SHEET METAL & ROOF LLC

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.28(a): Appropriate personal protective equipment was not worn by employee(s) in all operations where there was exposure to hazardous conditions:   Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 employees did not wear head protection when exposed to falling object hazards while working on, under, and around the Burnham Library Roof Replacement project.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 employees working on and around scaffolding were not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of any protective structures that could contain or deflect the hazard.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 a single 10- inch plank was used as a walkway between the scaffold and a walkboard on the roof.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports:  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 four planks were overlapped between scaffold sections to create a long platform.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 a walkway was supported by a mixture of prefabricated scaffold components and wooden planks. The scaffold was not tagged to indicate that it had been inspected and deemed safe for use by a competent person.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 three scaffold uprights were not bearing on firm foundations and had begun to sink into the ground.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(5)(i): Ramps and walkways 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels did not have guardrail systems that comply with subpart M of this part -- Fall Protection.  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 an unsecured aluminum walkway approximately 14 feet above a lower level was not provided with guardrail systems.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 fall protection was not provided for employees on a scaffold 10 feet or more above a lower level.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(h)(1): Accident prevention tags were not used as a temporary means of warning employees of an existing hazard:  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 a scaffold with damaged, missing, and incomplete structural elements was not provided with an accident prevention tag to warn employees of the existing hazards.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 a scaffold had visibly damaged, incomplete, and missing components such as walkways, working platforms, mudsills, and crossbraces. The scaffold was not equipped with an accident prevention tag to warn employees of the existing hazards.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:  Burnham Library. On or about November 20, 2024 the employer did not provide a training program to employees that were exposed to fall hazards while working at height on a roof and scaffolding.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $33103.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): The employer does not ensure that scaffolds are erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, can come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).  The employer fails to assure effective protections against shock or electrocution as required by the standard as demonstrated on November 20, 2024 and again on November 21, 2024 when employees were working from a scaffold that had been erected around an energized utility line.   Instance #1: Employees were observed working from and around a scaffold which had been erected around an energized utility line.  Instance #2: Employees were again exposed when they re-entered the scaffold to relocate the metal walkway on which the energized line lay after the CSHO's departure.  A Notice of Imminent Danger was posted on the rungs of the ladder used to access the scaffold by the CSHO due to the ongoing electrical hazard, but was removed by an unknown party prior to the hazard being corrected.   Stephen Pomazi Inc. was previously inspected and cited in 2014 under almost identical circumstances. OSHA Inspection 978877, Citation 1-3a: 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7). Stephen Pomazi was cited for not erecting, moving, or altering a scaffold under the direction and supervision of a competent person. He showed an intentional disregard for the requirements of the OSH Act and a plain indifference to employee safety and health in that employees were exposed to the same hazards under almost identical conditions on November 20, 2024. In both instances, the electrical service line supplying power to the building under construction was resting directly on the scaffolding among other apparent violations.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $33103.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): The employer does not ensure that scaffolds are 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 are not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  The employer fails to ensure effective protections as required by the standard as demonstrated on November 20, 2024 when a scaffold with numerous structural defects including those listed below was erected by untrained employees without the supervision and direction of a competent person.  a) Working platforms and walkways were not completely decked. b) Fall protection was not provided. c) The scaffold was constructed within the minimum tolerance for live electrical lines.  d) The scaffold was missing components such as mudsills and had damaged components such as crossbraces.  A Notice of Imminent Danger was posted on the rungs of the ladder used to access the scaffold by the CSHO due to the ongoing nature of the various hazards, but was removed by an unknown party prior to the hazards being corrected.   Stephen Pomazi Inc. was previously inspected and cited in 2014 under almost identical circumstances. OSHA Inspection 978877, Citation 1-3a: 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7). Stephen Pomazi was cited for not erecting, moving, or altering a scaffold under the direction and supervision of a competent person. He showed an intentional disregard for the requirements of the OSH Act and a plain indifference to employee safety and health in that employees were exposed to the same hazards under almost identical conditions on November 20, 2024. In both instances, employees were working at heights without fall protection and using improperly constructed scaffolding among other apparent violations.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $33103.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): The employer does not ensure that each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels are not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):  The employer fails to assure effective protections against fall hazards for employees working on a multi-pitch roof six feet or more above a lower level as required by the standard, as demonstrated at the Burnham Library Roof Replacement Project on November 20, 2024 and December 6, 2024.  Instance #1: On November 20, 2024 employees were observed working over 17 feet above a lower level on an eight-pitch slate roof without the use of fall protection. Instance #2: On December 6, 2024 employees were observed working over eight feet above a lower level on a six-pitch asphalt shingled roof covered in snow without the use of fall protection.  A Notice of Imminent Danger was posted on the rungs of the ladder used to access the scaffold by the CSHO due to the ongoing fall protection hazard, but was removed by an unknown party prior to the hazard being corrected.   Stephen Pomazi Inc. was previously inspected and cited in 2014 under almost identical circumstances. OSHA Inspection 978877, Citation 1-3a: 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7). Stephen Pomazi was cited for not erecting, moving, or altering a scaffold under the direction and supervision of a competent person. He showed an intentional disregard for the requirements of the OSH Act and a plain indifference to employee safety and health in that employees were exposed to the same hazards under almost identical conditions on November 20, 2024. In both instances, employees were working at heights without fall protection and using improperly constructed scaffolding among other apparent violations.