OSHA Inspection: GUALLPA ROOFING, INC.

Issued

2013-09-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  (a) Location: 38 Woodland Street, Holliston MA, 01746   On or about 8/22/2013, the employer did not instruct ground working employees to wear hard hats as a means of protection from debris falling off the roof during a re-roofing job.

Issued

2013-09-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites.   (a) Location: 38 Woodland Street, Holliston MA, 01746   On or about 8/22/2013, employees were not protected from electrical shock and burns while using electric equipment that was not GFCI protected.

Issued

2013-09-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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)  Location: 38 Woodland Street, Holliston MA, 01746   On or about 8/22/2013, employees were not protected from falling while working on a roof greater than six feet above a lower level.

Issued

2013-09-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladders 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.   (a) Location: 38 Woodland Street, Holliston MA, 01746    On or about 8/22/2013, employees were not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface, or secured at its top to a rigid support.

Issued

2013-09-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:   (a) 38 Woodland Street, Holliston MA, 01746   On or about 8/22/2013, an extension ladder was separated into two sections, which exposed employees to fall hazards by not using the ladder in the manner for which it was designed to be used.