OSHA Inspection: TIM GRABOSKI ROOFING INC.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:  a. On or about June 27, 2013, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to an electrocution hazard when directed by the employer to use a metal extension ladder to gain access to a rooftop, for which the ladder/rooftop and employee were both in close proximity to high voltage electrical power lines that were not de-energized, grounded or guarded.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit:  a. On or about June 27, 2013, at the above jobsite, an employee was exposed to an electrocution hazard while using a metal extension ladder to gain access to a rooftop, for which the employer did not make certain that the ladder and the employee would not make physical or electrical contact with the energized power lines.   b. On or about June 27, 2013, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was  using a metal extension ladder to gain access to a roof top, which was located in close proximity to electrical power lines, and for which the employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of the unsafe condition.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive siderails:  a. On or about June 27, 2013, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to an electrocution hazard while using a portable metal extension ladder that did not have nonconductive side-rails to gain access to a rooftop which was in close proximity to high voltage power lines.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $70,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a. On or about June 15, 2013, at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were applying coal tar (hot mopping) onto a two-story residential steep slope (6:12) roof, without the use of conventional fall protection, therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 19 feet-4 inches.   b. On or about June 27, 2013, at the above addressed jobsite, six employees were applying cement to roof tiles on a two-story residential steep slope (6:12) roof, without the use of conventional fall protection, therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 19 feet-4 inches.