OSHA Inspection: PREMIUM EXTERIORS, INC.

Issued

Jul 11, 2025

Abate by

Jul 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,902 · Current $3,902

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On or about June 24, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards on a residential construction site in Chenoa, Illinois.  The employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees' activities.

Issued

Jul 11, 2025

Abate by

Jul 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  On or about June 24, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards on a residential construction site in Chenoa, Illinois.  The employer did not have a competent person at the construction site conducting frequent and periodic safety inspections.

Issued

Jul 11, 2025

Abate by

Jul 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,902 · Current $3,902

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:   On or about June 24, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet, while accessing and exiting the roof of the house via an extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface of the roof, on a residential construction site in Chenoa, Illinois.

Issued

Jul 11, 2025

Abate by

Jul 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:   On or about June 24, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet, while accessing and exiting the roof of the house via an extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface of the roof, on a residential construction site in Chenoa, Illinois.   The employer did not provide construction safety training to employees, in order to provide them with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards related to ladders, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate these hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2025

Abate by

Jul 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $10,923 · Current $10,923

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):    On or about June 24, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet without fall protection, while roofing on a residential construction site in Chenoa, Illinois.  PREMIUM EXTERIORS, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 1749975, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON JULY 3, 2024, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 302-312 MANOR CT., BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS 60089.