OSHA Inspection: MICHAEL J. ROOFING

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Abate by

May 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 987 Century Oaks Drive, Ballwin, MO  63021, 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 fall hazard at the front of the residence and a 16-foot, 9-inch fall hazard at the rear of the residence as they worked on the approximate 6:12 pitch roof without the use of an adequate fall protection system and/or fall arrest system.  In addition, an employee failed to wear eye protection while operating a nail gun to perform roofing operations.

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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:  987 Century Oaks Drive, Ballwin, MO  63021    Employees failed to wear eye protection while operating nail guns to perform roofing operations.

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Abate by

May 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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: 987 Century Oaks Drive, Ballwin, MO  63021    Employees were performing residential roofing activities without the use of any fall protection system.  The workers were exposed to an approximate 8-foot fall hazard at the front of the residence and a 16-foot, 9-inch fall hazard at the rear of the residence as they worked on the approximate 6:12 pitch roof without the use of an adequate fall protection system and/or fall arrest system.

Issued

Apr 17, 2014

Abate by

May 13, 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 987 Century Oaks Drive, Ballwin, MO  63021 and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards of falling at 987 Century Oaks Drive, Ballwin, MO  63021.