OSHA Inspection: BROADBACK ROOFING INC.

Issued

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · 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 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.    a) 1290 Fruitville Pike, Lititz PA; Faith United Methodist Church; North-East Face of Roof - Roofers were observed without fall protection while conducting a roofing operation and were exposed to an 11foot fall hazard from the flat portion of a large roof, on or about 10/24/12.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) 1290 Fruitville Pike, Lititz PA; Faith United Methodist Church; South-West Face of Roof - Roofers were observed working from a steep pitched roof without fall protection and were exposed to a 12 foot fall hazard, on or about 10/24/12.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Nov 14, 2012

Abate by

Dec 19, 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:    a) 1290 Fruitville Pike, Lititz PA; Faith United Methodist Church; Roof - Roofers were not trained in appropriate fall protection methods to avoid hazards associated with elevated work areas, on or about 10/24/12.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.