OSHA Inspection: LAKES AREA FIREPLACE LLC

Issued

2025-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1809.00 · Current $1266.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.25(b)(3): The employer did not ensure that stairs have uniform riser heights and tread depths between landings.  On or about August 18, 2025, the employer did not ensure that the risers on the staircase leading up to the mezzanine on the northern side of the warehouse area had uniform riser heights between landings.

Issued

2025-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.25(c)(2): The employer did not ensure that standard stairs have a maximum riser height of 9.5 inches (24 cm).  On or about August 18, 2025, the employer failed to ensure that the height of the risers on the staircase leading up to the mezzanine on northern side of the warehouse area had a maximum riser height of 9.5 inches.

Issued

2025-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3015.00 · Current $2111.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(1)(i): Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  a) On or about August 20, 2025, the employer did not ensure that each employee accessing the mezzanine located on the north side of the warehouse storage area was protected from an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet or more above a lower level.   b) On or about August 29, 2025, the employer did not ensure that each employee accessing the mezzanine located on the south side of the warehouse storage area was protected from an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet or more above a lower level.

Issued

2025-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2412.00 · Current $1688.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(f)(4): The employer did not ensure that no opening in a stair rail system exceeds 19 inches (48 cm) at its least dimension.  a) On or about August 18, 2025 and times prior, the employer did not ensure the stair rail system leading up to the mezzanine on the northern side of the warehouse area was equipped with a midrail section resulting in an opening of 19 inches.

Issued

2025-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2412.00 · Current $1688.00 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):  On or about September 2, 2025,  an employee was exposed to fall hazards greater than six feet without fall protection, while conducting termination work on the roof of the residential home located at 39450 Cedar Lane Summit, WI 53066.  IN THE ALTERNATIVE  29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying exist):  On or about September  2, 2025, the employer did not ensure that there were frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, materials and equipment, such as inspections of the utilization of fall protection in that the manager had not inspected the job site on the day of inspection, nor had designated a competent person for the termination work being conducted at 39450 Cedar Lane Summit, WI 53066.

Issued

2025-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2412.00 · Current $1688.00 Reduced

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:  On or about September 2, 2025, the employer did not ensure an employee exposed to potential fall hazards had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazards associated with their work in that the employee was working from heights greater than six feet without fall protection while performing termination work at 39450 Cedar Lane Summit, WI 53066.

Issued

2025-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(6): The certification did not include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:  On or about September 3, 2025, the employer did not ensure that each forklift operator had a certification that included the name of the operator, the date of training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person performing the training or evaluation.