OSHA Inspection: TRADEMARK REMODELING, INC.

Issued

May 8, 2012

Abate by

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):     The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:    Employees conducting residential roofing activities were exposed to being struck by falling objects and flying debris.  The employer had not created or implemented a training program that would enable each employee to recognize hazards.  Employees were working below roofers using hammers and nail guns without a hard hat.  Employees using pneumatic nail guns did not utilize safety glasses.

Issued

May 8, 2012

Abate by

May 30, 2012

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):    Employees conducting residential roofing activities were exposed to being struck by falling objects and flying debris.  The jobsite was not inspected by a competent person.  Employees were working below roofers using hammers and nail guns without a hard hat.  Employees using pneumatic nail guns did not utilize safety glasses.

Issued

May 8, 2012

Abate by

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    Employees using pneumatic nail guns to install shingles to a residential roof were exposed to being struck by flying debris.  The employees did not utilize eye protection when operating the pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

May 8, 2012

Abate by

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    Employees working below roofing activities were exposed to being struck in the head by falling objects.  The employer did not provide hardhats to the employees working below the areas where roofing activities were taking place.

Issued

May 8, 2012

Abate by

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     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 other provisions of paragraph (b) of this section used to provided an alternative fall protection measure:    Employees installing a residential roof were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet.  No fall protection was utilized.

Issued

May 8, 2012

Abate by

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Employees installing a residential roof were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet.  The employer had not created or implemented a training program that would enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling.

Issued

May 8, 2012

Abate by

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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:    Employees using an extension ladder to access a roof were exposed to fall hazards.  The ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.