OSHA Inspection: SCHAAL ROOFING INC.

Issued

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 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.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    (a) 5036 Jericho Turnpike, Commack, NY (Worksite), north and west sides roof - Employees were making structural repairs and installing an EPDM rubber roof system on a three story commercial building's flat roof. The employees were working on the edges of the roof, approximately 24' above the ground below, without any form of fall protection on, or about July 31, 2013.      Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this violation in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1320.00 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) 5036 Jericho Turnpike, Commack, NY (Worksite), north and west sides roof - Employees were making structural repairs and installing an EPDM rubber roof system on a three story commercial building's flat roof. The employees were working on the edges of the roof, approximately 24' above the ground below, without any form of fall protection. The employees did not recognize the fall hazards; were unaware of the procedures to minimize them; and were not provided with fall protection training on, or about July 31, 2013.