OSHA Inspection: THE ROOFING STORE LLC

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 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 scaffolds, structures, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    A safe means of access for access and exit to the 16 inch wide, 24 foot long scaffold platform installed on the ladder jack scaffold system was not provided and installed.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    The ladder jack scaffold with a 16 inch wide, 24 foot long scaffold platform 36 feet above the ground was not installed under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling and alteration.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m):    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    The 16 inch wide, 24 foot long aluminum scaffold platform spanning between a Werner 40 foot Model D1540-2, Type 1A aluminum extension ladder and the 12 foot fly section of a 24 foot long aluminum extension ladder was 36 feet above the ground.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    Each employee performing work on a ladder jack scaffold was not not provided with training by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with ladder jack scaffolds and the procedures and/or means to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee 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.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    Each employee involved with erecting, moving, maintaining or inspecting ladder jack scaffolding was not provided with scaffold training by a competent person to recognize hazards associated with scaffold erecting, moving, maintaining and inspecting.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    The 4.5 in 12 pitched lower roof with a 10 foot eave to ground fall distance used as a walking/working surface between the access/egress ladder and the ladder jack scaffold used to access/egress the main roof of the building was not equipped with a fall protection system.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    Each employee walking/working on elevated levels/structures and exposed to fall hazards was not provided with a training program to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures and/or means to minimize and/or eliminate those fall hazards.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Because of the portable ladder's length, the ladder side rails did not extend to at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access and the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    The 12 foot aluminum base ladder section used to access the lower roof section of the building extended one rung (one foot) above the eave of the roof edge.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    The 24 foot aluminum non-self supporting extension ladder's base and fly section were used separately and independently of one another as a support for one end of a ladder jack scaffold and an access ladder to the lower roof area of the building.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Location: 6 Methodist Hill, Essex, CT 06416    Each employee using portable, non-self supporting ladders were not provided with a training program to instruct each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and to train each employee in the procedures to minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.