OSHA Inspection: UPDATE ROOFING CONTRACTING CORPORATION.

Issued

Jun 4, 2015

Abate by

Jun 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.   a. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 1a, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  b. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 1b, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  c. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 2a, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  d. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 2b, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  e. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 3, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  f. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 4a, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  g. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 4b, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  h. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 4c, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.  i. - The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 2 Item 1a, nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent May 13, 2015.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):     a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall, head and eye hazards where the employer failed to conduct frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite made by a competent person.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 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 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:  a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, the employees engaged in roofing work were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to follow in order to minimize them.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 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 train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, the employees accessing the roof via the erected extension ladder were not trained to recognize the hazards related to ladders or the procedures to use them safely.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, hardhats were not utilized by employees performing roofing activities at lower levels where those employees were exposed to impact injury from falling objects.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, the employees were exposed to hazards while utilizing pneumatic nail guns without eye protection.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, Employees performing work on the ladder jack scaffold were exposed to fall hazards when fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:  a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, the extension ladder utilized for building access did not extend 3 feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):  a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, the extension ladder in use to access the building's roof area was set up at an angle steeper that allowed by this standard.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(20): Employees did not face the ladder when ascending or descending the ladder:  a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, employees using the extension ladder for roof access were not facing the ladder when ascending or descending that ladder.

Issued

Dec 4, 2014

Abate by

Dec 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $14,000 · Current $14,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a. Site - On or about October 28, 2014, fall protection was not utilized by employees performing roofing activities on the roof of a two-story apartment complex and exposed to falls over 23 feet.