OSHA Inspection: SERVICE KING MANUFACTURING, INC.

Issued

2021-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5969.00 · Current $3100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(1):  Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:  On or about February 23, 2021, at the jobsite, the employer allowed employees to work from a shop made scaffold platform that was elevated by a powered industrial truck.  The scaffold platform extended more than ten (10) inches over the wheel base of the powered industrial truck and this exposed the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2021-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.602(c)(1)(ii):  Modifications or additions which affect the capacity or safe operation of the equipment were made without the manufacturer's written approval:  On or about February 23, 2021, at the jobsite, the employer allowed employees to work from a shop made scaffold that was elevated by a powered industrial truck.  The employer did not obtain written approval from the manufacturer to use this powered industrial truck to elevate the scaffold with personnel and this exposed the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2021-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12288.00 · Current $6400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.     On or about February 23, 2021, at the jobsite, the employer required employees to perform roofing work activities from a roof of a commercial building.  The employees were not in use of fall protection and were exposed to a fall greater than six (6) feet to the ground below.

Issued

2021-05-28 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:  On or about February 23, 2021, at the jobsite, the employer allowed employees to work from the roof of a building with unprotected sides and edges.  The employees were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.  This exposed the employees to a fall hazard.