LYNN, MA ·
OSHA Inspection: GIBSON'S ROOFS BUSINESS TRUST
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of GIBSON'S ROOFS BUSINESS TRUST in 80 NEPTUNE BLVD, LYNN, MA 01901 (NAICS 238160). OSHA activity number 339069528.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- GIBSON'S ROOFS BUSINESS TRUST
- Site address
- 80 NEPTUNE BLVD
- City
- LYNN
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01901
- Mailing
- 369 WINTER STREET, HANOVER, MA 02339
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238160
- Employees
- 40
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.501 B10
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $4,750 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be 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 (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted. (a) Location - 80 Neptune Blvd, Lynn, Ma On or about 5/15/13, Employer failed to protect sides and edges 6 feet or more above a lower level with safety monitor systems and warning line systems to protect workers from fall hazards.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4750
- · Z (S) $4900
1926.502 F01
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $4,750 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1): Warning lines were not erected around all sides of the roof work area (a) Location - 80 Neptune Blvd, Lynn, Ma 01901 On or about 5/15/2013 the Employer failed to erect warning lines around all sides of the roof work area causing a fall hazard exposure for all employees atop the roof.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $4750
- · Z (S) $4900
1926.502 H01 IV
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $4,750 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(h)(1)(iv): The safety monitor was not close enough to communicate orally with the employee. (a) Location - 80 Neptune Blvd, Lynn, Ma 01901 On or about 5/15/2013, the Employer failed to ensure that the safety monitor was close enough to communicate orally with all of the exposed employees.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $4750
- · Z (S) $4900
1926.502 H01 V
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(h)(1)(v): The safety monitor had other responsibilities which could take the monitor's attention from the monitoring function. (a) Location - 80 Neptune Blvd, Lynn, Ma 01901 On or about 5/15/2013, the employer failed to ensure that the safety monitor had no other responsibilities which could take the monitors attention from his monitoring function.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (S) $4900
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $4,750 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. (a) Location - 80 Neptune Blvd, Lynn, Ma 01901 On or about 5/15/2013 the Employer failed to provide exposed employees with a training program to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $4750
- · Z (S) $4900
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339069528.
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