OSHA Inspection: RITE-TEMP GROUP, LTD

Issued

2021-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1989.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.23(b)(8): The employer did not ensure that ladders are used only for the purposes for which they were designed:  (a) Shop Roof - An employee doing preventative maintenance on an HVAC unit used a stepladder in the closed position to access an adjacent roof, exposing them to a kick out hazards, on or about June 29, 2021.   Abatement certification required.

Issued

2021-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5461.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(3)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee is protected from falling through any hole (including skylights) that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level by one or more of the following methods listed in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i)(A)-(D):  (a) Shop roof - An employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working near a skylight that was approximately seventeen and a half (17.5) feet above a lower level without being protected by either a personal fall arrest system, guardrail system, travel restraint system, or by an adequate hole covering, on or about June 29, 2021.  Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.

Issued

2021-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3979.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(13)(i): The employer did not ensure that when work is performed less than 6 feet (1.6 m) from the roof edge, each employee is protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, travel restraint system, or personal fall arrest system:  (a) Shop roof - An employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working within six (6) feet from the edge of a low sloped roof that was approximately thirteen and a half (13.5) feet above a lower level without being protected by either a guardrail system, safety net system, travel restraint system, or personal fall arrest system, on or about June 29, 2021.  Abatement certification required.

Issued

2021-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  (a) Facility wide - The employer did not certify in writing that a workplace hazard assessment had been performed, on or about June 29, 2021.  No abatement certification required.