OSHA Inspection: CLARK ROOFING

Issued

Sep 3, 2014

Abate by

Sep 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 were 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 (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, 851 Corinthian Street, Upper Roof - Employees were performing roofing operations within 2 feet of unprotected roof edges up to 30 feet above the next level without conventional or alternative methods of fall protection, observed on or about 6/16/14.    b) Jobsite, 851 Corinthian Street, Lower Roof - Employees were performing roofing operations within 3 feet of unprotected roof edges 8 feet above the next level without conventional or alternative methods of fall protection, observed on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Sep 3, 2014

Abate by

Sep 9, 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 who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.    a) Jobsite, 851 Corinthian Street, Upper and Lower Roof - Employees were performing roofing operations within 2 feet of unprotected roof edges up to 30 feet above the next level without being trained in fall protection. Employees did not know the trigger height for fall protection in construction on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Sep 3, 2014

Abate by

Sep 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following (Construction Reference 1926.59):    a) Jobsite, 851 Corinthian Street, Upper and Lower Roof - Employees were handling Bitumar containing oxidized asphalt (cas number 64742-93-4) without a written hazard communication program readily available on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Sep 3, 2014

Abate by

Sep 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Construction Reference 1926.59)    a) Jobsite, 851 Corinthian Street, Upper and Lower Roof - Employees were handling Bitumar containing oxidized asphalt (cas number 64742-93-4) without a safety data sheet readily available on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Sep 3, 2014

Abate by

Sep 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets. (Construction Reference 1926.59)    a) Jobsite, 851 Corinthian Street, Upper and Lower Roof - Employees were handling Bitumar containing oxidized asphalt (cas number 64742-93-4) without being trained in hazard communication and/or chemical safe work practices on or about 6/16/14.