OSHA Inspection: J.C. ROOFING RENOVATIONS LLC

Issued

Apr 30, 2014

Abate by

May 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not 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, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.   Location:   1233-1273 East Putnam Ave, Riverside, CT 06878     Employees who were performing work on a flat roof were not protected from falling more than six feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 30, 2014

Abate by

May 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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:   1233-1273 East Putnam Ave, Riverside, CT 06878     The employer did not ensure that all employees had been adequately trained in the hazards associated with falling and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize the hazards.

Issued

Apr 30, 2014

Abate by

May 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   Location:   1233-1273 East Putnam Ave, Riverside, CT 06878     The employer did not ensure that all employees who were required to use ladders had been adequately trained in the safe use and set up of the ladders.

Issued

Apr 30, 2014

Abate by

May 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 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:  Location:   1233-1273 East Putnam Ave, Riverside, CT 06878    An aluminum extension ladder which employees were using to access the flat roof did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface of the roof.

Issued

Apr 30, 2014

Abate by

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):  Location:   1233-1273 East Putnam Ave, Riverside, CT 06878    Employees were using an extension ladder to access the flat roof and the ladder had not been set up at the proper angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder is approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder.