OSHA Inspection: L & A HOME SOLUTIONS CORP.

Issued

May 20, 2026

Penalty

Initial $2,270 · Current $1,362 Reduced

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 May 1, 2026, at the worksite, 308 Gordon Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13207: The employer permitted employees to scrape shingles off of the roof of a house, in close proximity of an energized electrical service entrance.

Issued

May 20, 2026

Penalty

Initial $3,405 · Current $2,043 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:  a) On or about May 1, 2026, at the worksite, 308 Gordon Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13207: The employer failed to ensure employees replacing the upper roof of a house, exposed to fall hazards, were protected from falling by use of personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, or guardrail systems.   b) On or about May 1, 2026, at the worksite, 308 Gordon Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13207: The employer failed to ensure employees replacing the lower roof of a house, exposed to fall hazards, were protected from falling by use of personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, or guardrail systems.

Issued

May 20, 2026

Abate by

Aug 3, 2026

Penalty

Initial $3,405 · Current $2,043 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:  a) On or about May 1, 2026, at the worksite, 308 Gordon Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13207: the employer failed to ensure employees working on roof, exposed to fall hazards, were trained in the recognition of fall hazards and the use of personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

May 20, 2026

Penalty

Initial $2,270 · Current $1,362 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.552(a)(1): The employer did not comply with manufacturer's specifications and limitations applicable to the operation of all hoists and elevators:  a) On or about May 1, 2026, at the worksite, 308 Gordon Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13207: the employer failed to comply with the manufacturer's specifications of a material hoist by allowing employees to climb the tracks of the hoist to access a roof.

Issued

May 20, 2026

Penalty

Initial $2,270 · Current $1,362 Reduced

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 May 1, 2026, at the worksite, 308 Gordon Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13207: The employer failed to ensure a portable extension ladder used by employees to access a roof had the side rails extended 3 feet above the access point.