OSHA Inspection: BETTER CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC.

Issued

2017-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1600.00 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)  Roof - On or about July 25, 2017, employees were performing roofing work on a 4 on 12 sloped roof, 24' in height, without the use of fall protection.

Issued

2017-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where 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) Work site - On or about July 25, 2017, employees were accessing the roof with an extension ladder that only extended approximately 1.5' above the roof surface and was not secured to anything.

Issued

2017-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $305.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(viii): The employer did not assure that each employee had been trained by a competent person qualified in the standards contained in subpart M:        a)  Roof - On or about July 25, 2017, employees were performing roofing work, exposed to fall hazards.  Employees had been trained in fall hazards but the employer was not qualified in the fall protection standards.