OSHA Inspection: EUROPEAN ROOFING INC.

Issued

Mar 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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:    On or about September 17, 2012-Job Site at 232-19 64 Avenue Oakland Gardens, NY 11364    a) Employees exposed to overhead hazards from roof tiles 25-feet above the next lower level.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Mar 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 September 17, 2012-Job Site at 232-19 64 Avenue Oakland Gardens, NY 11364    a) Employee using angle grinder to cut tiles on the roof not wearing eye protection.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Mar 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,955 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): The repair splice in a hard service flexible cord No. 12 or larger did not retain the insulation, outer sheath properties, and usage characteristics of the cord which was being used:    On or about September 17, 2012-Job Site at 232-19 64 Avenue Oakland Gardens, NY 11364    a)Employees using the tile lifting device on the ladder are exposed to spliced electrical cord.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Mar 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,955 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each 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 1926.501 (b):     On or about September 17, 2012-Job Site at 232-19 64 Avenue Oakland Gardens, NY 11364    a)Employees putting roof tiles exposed to 25-foot falls without fall protection.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Mar 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

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:    On or about September 17, 2012-Job Site at 232-19 64 Avenue Oakland Gardens, NY 11364    a) Employees could not identify the need for fall protection when exposed to falls of 25-feet while moving and installing roof tiles.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.