OSHA Inspection: BAYSTATE ROOFERS, INC.

Issued

Nov 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,520 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:     (a) Location - 66 Thorndike Road, North Andover, MA:   On or about 10/21/13, employees were not equipped with protective helmets when they were exposed to overhead hazards from debris that was being thrown.       BayState Roofers, Inc.  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315871897, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on 2/1/2012, with respect to a workplace located at 43 High Street, Topsfield, MA.

Issued

Nov 1, 2013

Abate by

Nov 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.     (a) Location - 66 Thorndike Road, North Andover, MA:   On or about 10/21/13, an employee was not utilizing protective eyewear while using a Hitachi pneumatic nail gun without protective eyewear.       BayState Roofers, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315871897, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on 2/1/2012, with respect to a workplace located at43 High Street, Topsfield, MA.

Issued

Nov 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $9,196 Reduced

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 - 66 Thorndike Road, North Andover, MA:  On or about 10/21/13, employees were performing roofing work on a two story residential roof without utilizing fall protection.    BayState Roofers, Inc.  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection numbers 315871897, citation number 1, item number 6a and was affirmed as a final order on 2/1/2012, with respect to a workplace located at 43 High Street, Topsfield, MA.      BayState Roofers, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 767041, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 1/3/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 93 Marblehead Street, North Reading, MA.

Issued

Nov 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    (a) Location - 66 Thorndike Road, North Andover, MA:  On or about 10/21/13, the rails of the ladder used to access the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing.      BayState Roofers, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315871897, citation number 1, item number 7a and was affirmed as a final order on 2/1/2012, with respect to a workplace located at 43 High Street, Topsfield, MA.