OSHA Inspection: ROOF SYSTEMS OF CONNECTICUT LLC

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,080 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.     WORKSITE: The employees, using pneumatic nailing devices to install roofing materials were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $760 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.302(b)(6): The use of hoses of pneumatic power tools for hoisting or lowering tools shall not be permitted.    WORKSITE: The employees, using pneumatic nailing devices from a ladder jack scaffold were permitted to use the hoses of the tools to hoist the tools up and down.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5) and (g) of this section, each scaffold and scaffold component shall be capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.    WORKSITE: The brackets of the roof bracket scaffold were not installed in accordance with the specification and instruction of the owner's manual, in that only two (2) nails were used to secure the brackets to the roof.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, unless cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, shall extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm).  WORKSITE: The ends of the roof bracket scaffold, from which employees were working extended approximately 2 inches beyond the roof brackets and other safe means was not utilized to prevent from accidental displacement.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.    WORKSITE: The bases/footings of the ladder jack scaffold were placed on top of the construction debris that was put in a dumpster without utilizing safe means to prevent the loaded scaffold from settling and/or displacement.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects shall not be used to support scaffolds or platform units.  WORKSITE: Construction debris in a dumpster was used to support the ladder jack scaffold and the scaffold was not otherwise secured to prevent accidental displacement.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(4): Ladders used to support ladder jacks shall be placed, fastened, or equipped with devices to prevent slipping.  WORKSITE: The ladders, used to support the ladder jack was placed on construction debris in a dumpster.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 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 shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    WORKSITE: The employees, working from the ladder jack scaffold at a height approximately 19 feet  8 inches above the ground were not protected against the hazards of falling by the use of appropriate fall protective systems/devices.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  WORKSITE: The employees, working from the roof bracket scaffold with a fall distance approximately 21 feet 6 inches to the ground were not protected against the hazards of falling by the use of appropriate fall protective systems/devices.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,080 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:    WORKSITE: The employees performing roofing activities from ladder jack and roof bracket scaffolds were not provided with information and training in the hazards associated with the types of scaffolding being used or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall 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.  WORKSITE: The employees, exposed to fall hazards while performing roofing activities on an 8/12 pitch roof were not provided with information and training in the hazard associated with falls or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  WORKSITE: The employees, using ladders to access scaffold platforms and the roof were not provided with information and training in the hazards associated with the type of ladder being use or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure.     WORKSITE: The employees performing roofing activities on the following roofs were not protected against the hazard of falling greater than 19 feet to the ground by the use of appropriate fall arrest systems/devices:    1. The main roof.  2. The back porch roof.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,080 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.    WORKSITE: The 32-foot aluminum extension ladder, used by the employee to access the roof extended only one rung above the eave and no handhold or equivalent was provided.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Each employee shall use at least one hand to grasp the ladder when progressing up and/or down the ladder.  WORKSITE: The employees, manually carrying roofing materials, such as (but not limited to) bundles of shingles, rolls of underlayment and a 12-foot wood scaffold plank did not use at least one hand to climb the ladder at all times.

Issued

Oct 17, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): An employee shall not carry any object or load that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall.   WORKSITE: Employees were allowed to use ladders to manually carry roofing materials, such as (but not limited to) bundles of shingles, rolls of underlayment and a 12-foot wood scaffold plank that could cause employees to lose balance and fall.