OSHA Inspection: AARDVARK ROOFING LLC

Issued

Oct 23, 2014

Abate by

Oct 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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.      Jobsite: The employees who were installing asphalt roofing shingles with pneumatic nail guns were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Oct 23, 2014

Abate by

Oct 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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.   Jobsite:  The employees who were working on the low-slope roof were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Oct 23, 2014

Abate by

Nov 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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:  Jobsite: The employees who were exposed fall hazards while working on a roof were not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Oct 23, 2014

Abate by

Oct 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.  Jobsite: The side rails of the extension ladder that was used to gain access to the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

Oct 23, 2014

Abate by

Nov 4, 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.(a) (LOCATION) (IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATIONS(S) AND/OR CONDITIONS)Note:  29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) may be cited as an additional violation to support this requirement.  Jobsite: The employees using the extension ladder to access the roof were not trained in the proper means to erect the ladder, recognize hazards and the procedures to minimize any hazards.