OSHA Inspection: JOE GAROFALO ROOFING INC.

Issued

2012-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings were not effectively closed:

Issued

2012-08-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and fuardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    On the roof, May 14, 2012, and at time prior thereto, employees were installing roofing materials on a roof with a slope 4:12 at a height greater than 6 feet without the use of fall protection, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2012-08-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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:    On the roof, May 14, 2012, and at time prior thereto, employees were not properly trained in fall protection equipment use, exposing them to falls greater than six feet.

Issued

2012-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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 length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    On the roof, May 14, 2012, and at time prior thereto, employees accessed a roof with a ladder that did not extend three feet above the landing, exposing employees to falls greater than 6 feet.