OSHA Inspection: CONTINENTAL ROOFING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $400 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.    Jobsite: The employees who were installing asphalt roofing shingles with  pneumatic nail guns were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(i)(1): Each circular hand-fed ripsaw was not guarded by a hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut:    Jobsite:  The Craftsman circular hand fed rip saw that was used by employees to rip trim boards was not guarded with a hood that completely enclosed the portion of the saw above the table.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    Jobsite:  The fabricated metal frame scaffold platforms that employees were working from at heights of approximately 13 and 19.5 feet above the ground were not fully planked.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    Jobsite: The employees were accessing the roof from a ladder jack scaffold approximately 2 feet 6 inches above the platform.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:    Jobsite: The employees who were working on the roof from a ladder jack scaffold platform were not provided with a safe means of access.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    Jobsite: The employees who were working from the ladder jack scaffold platform at heights of approximately 18 feet 5 inches above the ground were not protected from fall hazards by the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    Jobsite: The employees who were working from the fabricated metal frame scaffold platforms at heights of approximately 18 feet 5 inches feet above the ground were not protected from fall hazards by the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 22, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:     Jobsite: The Foreman who was involved in erecting, maintaining and inspecting the fabricated metal frame scaffold was not trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b)    Jobsite:  The employees who were working on the roof were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 22, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.    Jobsite: The employees who worked from fabricated metal frame scaffolds without fall protection at heights of approximately 18.5 feet above the ground were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Abate by

Aug 22, 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:    Jobsite:  The employees who were working on the roof were not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Aug 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    Jobsite:    A	The extension ladder that was used to gain access to the roof did not have its side rails extended 3 feet above the landing surface.  B	The extension ladder that was used to access the welded frame scaffold did not have its side rails extend 3 feet above the landing surface.