OSHA Inspection: DIEGO ROOFING

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   Employees engaged in roofing activities operating pneumatic nail guns were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   Employees performed work while on a ladder jack scaffold with a 16 foot platform that was extended approximately four feet beyond one support.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   The ladder jack scaffold was not erected, moved, dismantled or altered under the direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling and alteration.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   The ladder jack scaffold platform 19 feet above the ground on the ladder jack scaffold was not equipped with a fall protection system.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area:  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   Employees exposed to fall hazards while performing work while on a ladder jack scaffold were not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work:  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   Each employee involved in erecting, maintaining and inspecting the ladder jack scaffold was not trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 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):  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   Each employee working on an 8 in 12 pitched steep roof with a 21 foot 6 inch eave to ground fall distance was not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   Each employee exposed to fall hazards while working on an 8 in 12 pitched steep roof with 21 foot 6 inch eave to ground fall hazards was not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:   Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   The side rails of the portable extension ladder used to gain access to the roof/upper landing surface from the second story deck did not extend at least three feet above the roof/upper landing surface.

Issued

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling the ladders and/or stairways:  Location: 912 Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607:   Each employee using portable ladders had not been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling and using portable ladders.