OSHA Inspection: D AND R ROOFING CO., INC.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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:    308 Belmont St, Worcester, MA    On 12/14/12, employees were performing roofing work on a flat roof without a  fall protection system in place and were exposed to falls over 8 feet to the asphalt surface below.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i):     The employer did not ensure that a "competent person" conducted an asbestos exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace:    308 Belmont St, Worcester, MA    On 12/14/12, the employer did not perform an asbestos exposure assessment before employees, without respiratory protection or control systems, removed multiple layers of roofing materials.  Laboratory analysis of a gray tile mastic material that was removed by employees was determined to contain 13% asbestos.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(ii)(B):     Feasible wet methods were not used to remove roofing materials that were not intact or that were rendered not intact during removal:    308 Belmont St, Worcester, MA    On 12/14/12, the employer did not use wet methods when employees removed roofing materials containing asbestos that were not intact, exposing them to health hazards.  Laboratory analysis of a gray tile mastic material that was removed by employees was determined to contain 13% asbestos.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(3)(iii)(A):     The employer did not provide a half-mask air-purifying respirator, other than a disposable respirator, equipped with high-efficiency filters, whenever the employee(s) performed Class II and III asbestos jobs where no negative exposure assessment was available:    308 Belmont St, Worcester, MA    On 12/14/12, the employer did not have a negative exposure assessment available and did not provide half-mask air-purifying respirators equipped with high-efficiency filters to employees who removed roofing materials containing asbestos, exposing them to health hazards.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(1):     The employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for each employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos that exceed the time weighted average and/or excursion limit in 29 CFR 1926.1101(c) or for which a required negative exposure assessment was not produced:    308 Belmont St, Worcester, MA    On 12/14/12, the employer did not require the use of protective clothing when employees removed roofing materials containing asbestos and a required negative exposure assessment was not produced, exposing them to health hazards.  Laboratory analysis of a gray tile mastic material that was removed by employees was determined to contain 13% asbestos.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(iv)(A):     Employees performing Class II work were not trained in all the elements included in 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(viii) and the specific work practices and engineering controls set forth in 29 CFR 1926.1101(g):    308 Belmont St, Worcester, MA    On 12/14/12, the employer had not trained employees who removed roofing materials in the recognition of, health effects from, and the protective controls required to minimize exposure to asbestos.  Laboratory analysis of a gray tile mastic material that was removed by employees was determined to contain 13% asbestos.