OSHA Inspection: BAY ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Oct 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part.     a. 67 Church Street Montclair, NJ    The employer did not develop an accident prevention program, thereby exposing employees to hazards including but not limited to falls.      Violation occurred on or about 08/27/2014

Issued

Oct 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    a. 67 Church Street Montclair, NJ    Employees were not provided with instruction/training to recognize the hazards associated with working from a ladder jack scaffold.     Violation occurred on or about 08/27/2014

Issued

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      a. 67 Church Street Montclair, NJ    Safe access and egress to the ladder jack scaffold was not provided.  Employees utilized the support ladder of the ladder jack scaffold system to gain access to the work platform.        Violation occurred on or about 08/27/2014

Issued

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(1): Scaffolds and scaffold components shall not be loaded in excess of their maximum intended loads or rated capacities, whichever is less.    a. 67 Church Street Montclair, NJ    The ladder jack scaffold was overloaded as three employee(s) were working from the scaffold that was designed for two thereby causing the scaffold to collapse.     Violation occurred on or about 08/27/2014

Issued

Oct 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    a. 67 Church Street Montclair, NJ    The ladder jack scaffold was not erected by a person qualified in scaffold erection thereby exposing employees to fall hazards due to scaffold collapse.     Violation occurred on or about 08/27/2014

Issued

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,600 Reduced

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:    a. 67 Church Street Montclair, NJ     Employee(s) were conducting roofing activities from a ladder jack scaffold at heights of approximately 15 feet above the ground level. The employer did not ensure the use of fall protection, thereby exposing employee(s) to fall hazards.    Violation occurred on or about 08/27/2014