OSHA Inspection: AMERICO ROOFING CONCEPTS, INC.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

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:  a) Highlands Square Subdivision, Lot 402 - On or about December 17, 2014 employees were not wearing eye protection while using  pneumatic nail guns to install roof shingles, exposing employees to possible eye injuries from being struck by a nail.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  a) Highlands Square Subdivision, Lot 402 - On or about December 17, 2014 employees were using flexible power and extension cords to power an air compressor that were missing their grounding pins, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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)  Highlands Square Subdivision, Lot 402 - On or about December 17, 2014, an employee installing roof shingles was exposed to fall hazards up to approximately 31 feet onto earthen ground because the worker was not fall protected by conventional fall protection.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d): Body belts were used after January 1, 1998 as part of personal fall arrest systems:  a) Highlands Square Subdivision, Lot 402 - On or about December 17, 2014, two employees were exposed to fall hazards when utilizing a body belt as part of their personal fall arrest system while installing roof shingles on a roof with heights up to approximately 31 feet above earthen ground.

Issued

Feb 27, 2015

Abate by

Mar 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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) Highlands Square Subdivision, Lot 402 - On or about December 17, 2014, and at times prior to, the employer did not ensure employees engaged in residential roofing work and were regularly exposed to fall hazards up to approximately 31 feet, were effectively trained to recognize the fall hazards encountered in their work.  The employer lacked the knowledge to provide his employees with effective fall hazard recognition training in that:    The foreman did not demonstrate the knowledge for being competent in assessing the adequacy of fall protection components to ensure that other employees working at the site were not exposed to fall hazards.    Employees (including the foreman) were utilizing body belts as part of personal fall arrest systems (i.e. the body belts did not function as positioning device systems).    The foreman was incorrectly using a carabiner connected to a rope grab with his body belt.    As abatement for lack of fall protection, the foreman purchased a personal fall arrest system (full body harness), but was improperly wearing it with the straps around his waist to perform roofing work.    As abatement for lack of all protection, another employee donned a full body harness backwards with the lanyard attachment on his chest instead of on his back.