OSHA Inspection: PAPPI & SON ROOFING

Issued

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a):     Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:    Pappi & Son Roofing, conducting work at 131 Brandemere Ct. Elyria, OH: On or about February 2, 201, the employer failed to ensure that employees were wearing appropriate eye protection such as, but not limited to, safety glasses while securing shingles to the roof with Bostitch pneumatic nail gun. Employees were exposed to the hazards of eye injury from flying objects.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    Pappi & Son Roofing, conducting work at 131 Brandemere Ct. Elyria, OH: On or about February 2, 201, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from head injury hazards by protective hard hats while working below employees who were replacing 12/12 pitch roof of the two story residential building. Employees were exposed to potential impact injuries caused by falling materials and/or equipment.    No additional abatement information is needed for this item.

Issued

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

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:    Pappi & Son Roofing, conducting work at 131 Brandemere Ct. Elyria, OH: On or about February 2, 201, the employer failed to ensure that employees had been trained in the appropriate use of fall protection such as, but not limited to, the use of personal fall arrest systems, or alternative measures of fall protection while replacing 12/12 pitch roof of the two story residential building. Employees did not use fall protection and were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet from the roof to the ground below.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Pappi & Son Roofing, conducting work at 131 Brandemere Ct. Elyria, OH: On or about February 2, 201, the employer did not ensure that employees, using an extension ladder to access the roof of the two story residential building in order to conduct roofing activities, were trained to recognize the hazards associated with the ladders use and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Employees did not extend the ladder at least 3 feet above the roof edge and were exposed to approximately a 20 foot fall hazard from the ladder to the ground below.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

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:    Pappi & Son Roofing, conducting work at 131 Brandemere Ct. Elyria, OH: On or about February 2, 201, the employer did not ensure that extension ladders, used to access the roof of the two story residential building, were extended at least 3 feet above the roof edge. The employees were exposed to approximately a 20 foot fall hazard when using the ladders to access the working level in order to conduct roofing activities.    No additional abatement information is needed for this item.

Issued

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8400.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

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  did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502.    Pappi & Son Roofing, conducting work at 131 Brandemere Ct. Elyria, OH: On or about February 2, 201, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from fall hazards while replacing 12/12 pitch roof of the two story residential building. Employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet from the roof to the ground below.    Pappi & Son Roofing was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (1926.501(b)(10)), which was contained in OSHA Inspection # 314593146, Citation number 1,  Item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on June 6, 2011, with respect to a workplace located at 2628 Tremont St., Dover, OH 44622.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.