OSHA Inspection: BERNARD & SONS ROOFING, SEAMLESS GUTTERS & CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2640.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:     a) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; An employee was operating a power ladder used to send a piece of plywood 20 feet 1 inch above the ground without the use of a hard hat, on or about 04/16/2014.     Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1320.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:     a) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; Employees were using a damaged extension cord to power a Dewalt 7 1/4 inch Circular Saw Model Number DW369, on or about 04/16/2014.     Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:     a) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; Employees were working on steel tubular scaffolding 20 feet 1 inches above the ground without the use of fall protection, on or about 04/16/2014.     Abatement Observed During Inspection - No Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2640.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:     a) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; Employees were working 20 feet 1 inches above the ground on steel tubular scaffolding that was not provided with mud sills or other adequate firm foundation, on or about 04/16/2014.     Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1760.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:     a) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; Employees were working on steel tubular scaffolding without training by a qualified person to recognize hazards associated with scaffolding, on or about 04/16/2014.    Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:     a) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; A competent person was not involved in the erection of the steel tubular scaffolding that was used to assist employees in roofing work, on or about 04/16/2014.     Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:     a) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; Employees were re-roofing a 10/12 pitch roof 21 feet 4 inches above the ground without the use of fall protection, on or about 04/16/2014.     Bernard & Sons Roofing, Seamless Gutters & Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 932045, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/07/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 953 Macada Road, Bethlehem, PA 18018.       Abatement Observed During Inspection - No Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-19 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 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) 160 North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, PA; Employees were working 21 feet 4 inches above the ground while installing a new roof were not trained to recognize hazards of falling, on or about 04/16/2014.   Abatement Certification Required