OSHA Inspection: STORM PROOF ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    On or about 08/30/2012, the employer did not develop nor implement a written hazard communication program to address employee use of and exposure to chemicals such as but not limited to coal tar pitch volatiles and asphalt during roof repair. Two employees were exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) concentration of 0.21 and 0.22 mg/m3 of coal tar pitch volatiles during roofing activities. These exposures exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.2 mg/m3 for coal tar pitch volatiles.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 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:    On or about 08/30/2012, the employer did not ensure that employees working on the ground and exposed to falling objects and debris from the roofing work, wore head protection.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 0290

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.    On or about 08/30/2012, the employer did not ensure that employees handling molten asphalt wore eye and face protection during roofing activities.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 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 guardrail 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 or about 08/30/2012 at the shopping plaza located at 19553 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens FL, employees were working on a roof 11.5 feet above the lower level without means of fall protection.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii):     Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level.      On or about 9/4/2012, at the facility located at 19553 NW 2nd Ave, the employees were exposed to a fall of 11.5 feet from the roof top to concrete pavement below, by not securing a 75 ft lanyard to prevent a fall of more than 6 feet.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(i):     When no mechanical equipment was being used the warning line was not erected at least 6 feet (1.8m) from the roof edge:    On or about 09/04/2012, at the facility located at 19553 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens FL, employees were exposed to an 11.5 foot fall while working near the edge of a roof in which the warning line was erected 1 foot from the edge.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 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 or about 08/30/2012 at the shopping plaza located at 19553 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens FL, employees working on roof 11.5 feet above the lower level were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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.    On or about 8/30/2012, at the facility located at 19553 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens, FL , employees were exposed to an 11.5 foot fall while using a portable ladder that was not extended 3 feet above the roof top surface.

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6):     Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level.    On or about 8/30/2012, at the facility located at 19553 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens FL, employees were exposed to an 11.5 foot fall while using a ladder was not adequately supported to prevent displacement while in use. The base of the ladder was placed on the rear-bed of work truck that was not established to be stable or level.