OSHA Inspection: LAKE COUNTRY GUTTERS, INC

Issued

2025-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3547.00 · Current $2128.00 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):   a)  5178 West Bluff Drive, Keuka Park, NY.  On or about 6/11/25:  An employee worked from an upper roof, exposed to a fall of 30 feet to ground, without a positive means of fall protection.

Issued

2025-12-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   a)  5178 West Bluff Drive, Keuka Park, NY.  On or about 6/11/25:  Employees were intended to work from an upper roof, exposed to a fall of 30 feet to ground, and on a terrace on step ladders above the protection of the railings, and without a positive means of fall protection.  Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2025-12-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify fall protection training by preparing a written certification record:   a)  5178 West Bluff Drive, Keuka Park, NY.  On or about 6/11/25:  Employees were intended to work from an upper roof, exposed to a fall of 30 feet to ground, and on a terrace on step ladders above the protection of the railings, and without a positive means of fall protection, and without fall protection training being provided and having that training documented.    Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2025-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $1702.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.    a)  5178 West Bluff Drive, Keuka Park, NY.  On or about 6/11/25:  An employee accessed an upper roof surface from a stepladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing.

Issued

2025-12-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders as necessary, enabling each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   a)  5178 West Bluff Drive, Keuka Park, NY.  On or about 6/11/25:  An employee accessed an upper roof surface from a stepladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing, this employee was unaware of the requirement for the ladder to extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing.