OSHA Inspection: RENAISSANCE ROOFING, INC.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:      JOB SITE:  200 Harding Avenue, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, at this work site, a worker was observed on the lower tier (working level) of a tubular welded scaffold, set atop of the church steeple, approximately 21 feet 3 inches, from peak of the roof to ground level, actively painting the steeple and the working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.  The worker was exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(3): The front edge of all platforms was not 14 inches (36 cm) or less from the face of the work, and no guardrail systems were erected along the front edge and/or no personal fall arrest systems were used in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section to protect employees from falling:      JOB SITE: 200 Harding Avenue, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, at this work site, a worker was observed working on the front edge of the platform of a tubular welded scaffold approximately 21 feet 3 inches from peak of the roof to ground level, and was greater than 14 inches from the face of the work.   The employer failed to install a guardrail system on the front edge and PFAS was not used.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:      JOB SITE: 200 Harding Avenue, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, at this work site, a worker was observed climbing from a Louisville Fiberglass 16FT extension ladder and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  The worker was exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members are used, they were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform:    JOB SITE: 200 Harding Avenue, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, at this work site, a worker was observed on a tubular welded scaffold actively working from the working platform and midrails were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.  The worker was exposed to a fall hazard.    RENAISSANCE ROOFING, INC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313112005, citation number 1, item number 2, issued on 7/13/2009, and was affirmed as a final order on 8/05/2009, with respect to a workplace located at 3438 Pestalozzi Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $0 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:    JOB SITE: 200 Harding Avenue, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, at this work site, the employer failed to train their employee by a qualified person to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazard.  The workers were exposed to a fall hazard.    RENAISSANCE ROOFING, INC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.454(a) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313988479, citation number 1, item number 4, issued on 2/19/2010, and was affirmed as a final order on 3/17/2010, with respect to a workplace located at 2851 Utah Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,080 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 the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system, warning line system, or a safety monitoring system:    JOB SITE: 200 Harding Avenue, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, at this work site, workers were observed climbing down a tubular welded scaffold, approximately 16 feet 10 inches eave to ground level, and were not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system, nor alternative measures, warning line system, or a safety monitoring system.  The workers were exposed to a fall hazard.    RENAISSANCE ROOFING, INC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313406217, citation number 1, item number 1,,issued on 1/7/10/2010,  and was affirmed as a final order on 2/03/2010, with respect to a workplace located at 101 East L Street, Marshall, MO 64350.      RENAISSANCE ROOFING, INC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313112005, citation number 1, item number 3, issued on 7/13/2009, and was affirmed as a final order on 8/05/2009, with respect to a workplace located at 3438 Pestalozzi Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118.