OSHA Inspection: GIBSON QUALITY ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Mar 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    The employer allows workers to be exposed to hazardous conditions created by not conducting frequent or regular inspections.  The most recent occurrence was at or near 900 Weber Road, Farmington, MO  63624, where they failed to make frequent or regular inspections of the worksite to ensure all workers were in compliance with company safety and health policies and OSHA standards.  The workers were exposed to an approximate 8-foot, 11-inch foot fall hazard as they worked on the roof without the use of an adequate fall protection system and/or fall arrest system.  In addition, employees failed to wear eye protection while operating nail guns to perform roofing operations.

Issued

Mar 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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.    Location:  at or near 936 Weber Road, Farmington, MO  63624    Employees failed to wear eye protection while operating nail guns to perform roofing operations.

Issued

Mar 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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):     Location:  at or near 936 Weber Road, Farmington, MO  63624    Employees were performing residential roofing activities without the use of any fall protection system on an approximate 5:12 sloped roof with an eave to ground distance of approximately 8 feet, 11 inches.

Issued

Mar 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  The employer's training program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling at or near 936 Weber Road, Farmington, MO  63624 and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards of falling at or near 936 Weber Road, Farmington, MO  63624.