OSHA Inspection: STORM TROOPERS LLC

Issued

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $398.00 · Current $398.00

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) Citation 1, Item 1, a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) with an abatement date of May 14. 2025. (b) Citation 1, Item 2, a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) with an abatement date of May 14. 2025. (c) Citation 1, Item 3, a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) with an abatement date of May 14. 2025. (d) Citation 1, Item 4, a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) with an abatement date of May 14. 2025. (e) Citation 1, Item 5, a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.100(a) with an abatement date of May 14. 2025. (f) Citation 1, Item 6, a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) with an abatement date of May 14. 2025.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERFICATIONS OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2025-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2128.00 · Current $2128.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s).  (a) On or about March 18, 2025, the employer had not ensured that frequent jobsite inspections were conducted by a competent person(s) to identify and correct common safety hazards that employees were exposed to. Hazards identified during the inspection included but were not limited to, fall protection not being utilized while working at heights, installation of ladder used to access and egress the residential roof, and safety glasses not worn while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

2025-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $2837.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses 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) On or about March 18, 2025, the employer had not ensured an employee was wearing safety glasses while using a pneumatic nail gun, thereby exposing the employee to eye injury from flying projectiles.

Issued

2025-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3547.00 · Current $3547.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(a)(1): The employer permitted employees to work in close proximity to energized, unguarded, and ungrounded electric power circuits that the employee could contact in the course of their work.  (a) On or about March 18, 2025, the employer had not ensured that employees tasked staging material and performing tear-off on the roof of the residential structure were protected from the energized, unguarded, and unmarked electrical supply line. Exposing employees to an electrical shock hazard.

Issued

2025-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $2837.00

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).  (a) On or about March 18, 2025, employees conducting roofing work on an existing residential roof with a 4:12 pitch were not protected from falling to the lower level. Exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately nine feet to the ground below.

Issued

2025-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3547.00 · Current $3547.00

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.  (a) On or about march 18, 2025, the employer had not ensured that employees exposed to potential fall hazards had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazard associated with their work.

Issued

2025-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $2837.00

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.  (a) On or about March 18, 2025, the employer had not ensured the ladder used to access the residential roof extended at least three feet above the upper landing nor was it secured to prevent displacement while used. Exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately nine feet onto concrete.