OSHA Inspection: ROMIG ROOFING COMPANY

Issued

May 24, 1999

Abate by

May 27, 1999

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

GENERAL 5A1 WORDING
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards
that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that
employees were exposed to:
(a)The chute system designed to support 2,000 pounds including it's own
weight,
used to send scrap roofing material from the roof area to the truck
approximately 60 feet below, was overloaded with scrap roofing material..
"AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS ..."
Assign a ground person to monitor the chute and assure that material is
emptying from the bottom chute into the back of the truck not backing up in
the chute.
(b)Employees using a chaeta system attached to the side walls of the
building to
move waste roofing material from the roof area to the ground level truck,
did
not follow manufacturers safety instructions in that they allowed excessive
waste roofing material to accumulate inside eight of the twenty chutes due
to
the back of the truck being loaded with material which blocked the exit of
material from the bottom chute.
" AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS..."
Assign a person to monitor the chutes to assure there is no backup of
material
in the chute.
(c)The employer did not follow the manufacturers safety instructions of
never
discarding debris in the chute that is larger than 1/2 the size of the
chute
in
that roofing material of various sizes of 17 x 20 inches up to 23 x 19
inches
was discarded in the chute that was 24 inches in diameter.
" AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS..."
Allow only roofing material of a size that is 1/2 the size of the chute to
be
discarded in the chute.ded

Issued

May 24, 1999

Abate by

May 27, 1999

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $3,000 Reduced

Issued

May 24, 1999

Abate by

May 27, 1999

Issued

May 24, 1999

Abate by

May 27, 1999

Issued

May 24, 1999

Abate by

Jun 4, 1999

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $3,000 Reduced

Issued

May 24, 1999

Abate by

May 27, 1999

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,000 Reduced