OSHA Inspection: OVERBEY ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Mar 29, 2012

Abate by

Apr 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them):      (a)Overbey Roofing, LLC @ 2212 Vermont St., Fort Collins, CO 80525:  On and before December 15th, 2011, the employer did not ensure a safety program was developed and implemented for the work environment to include regular inspections of the job-site, materials, and equipment; conducted by a competent person. Subcontractor employees on-site were permitted to work in areas where fall hazards existed. The condition exposed subcontractor employees to fall hazards of approximately 28 feet on the apartment complex's main roof. Subcontractor roofing employees were also working on secondary roofs without a fall protection system exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet. Subcontractor employees were also utilizing inadequate ladders that did not extend 3 feet above the roof line.

Issued

Mar 29, 2012

Abate by

Apr 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $4,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor was an alternative fall protection measure provided.        (a)Overbey Roofing, LLC @ 2212 Vermont St., Fort Collins, CO 80525: On and before December 15th, 2011, the employer did not ensure that fall protection systems were utilized by subcontractor employees engaged in roofing activities while working at the unprotected edges of a roof on a multi-family apartment complex. Employees were not utilizing a fall protection system. Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 28' on the main roof. Employees were also exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10' on secondary roofs

Issued

Mar 29, 2012

Abate by

Apr 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Because of the portable ladder's length, the ladder side rails did not extend to at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access and the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support, and a grasping device, such as a grab rail, was not provided to assist the employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder     (a)Overbey Roofing, LLC @ 2212 Vermont St., Fort Collins, CO 80525: On and before December 15th, 2010, the controlling employer did not ensure that subcontractor employees were utilizing portable extension ladders in such a way that enabled them to access and egress from work areas using ladders that extended 3' above the walking working surface.  Subcontractor employees were using heavy duty portable extension -ladders for access to the roof. Subcontractor employees were exposed to falls of approximately 28 while attempting to use the ladders to access the main roof. Subcontractor employees were also exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 while accessing secondary roofs with inadequate ladders.