OSHA Inspection: MASTER ELITE HOME IMPROVEMENTS INC.

Issued

2025-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $2837.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  a) Worksite -18 North 5th St., Hudson, NY - Employees were repairing a slate roof of a residential mansard building from a ladder jack scaffold approximately 20-feet above the ground. The employees were accessing the scaffold by climbing over the plank to access the support ladder. Employees did not have access to the scaffold.

Issued

2025-03-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $2837.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  a) Worksite -18 North 5th St., Hudson, NY - Employees were repairing a slate roof of a residential mansard building from a ladder jack scaffold approximately 20-feet above the ground. The employees were wearing harness and had lanyards connected to anchor points but were not tied off to the lanyards.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards.