OSHA Inspection: M & M ROOFING LLC

Issued

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  (a) Jobsite - On or about December 19, 2013 employees used pneumatic nail guns to install shingles without eye protection.

Issued

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be 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 (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.   (a) Jobsite - On or about December 19, 2013 employees were working on the edge of a low slope roof exposed to a fall hazard of 17 feet. Employees were not protected from falling to a lower level by the use of a guardrail system, personal fall arrest system or safety net system.

Issued

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.  (a)  Jobsite - On or about December 19, 2013 extension ladder being used by employees was not extended at least 3 feet above the edge of a 4/12 pitch roof. The roof edge was 17 feet above the ground.