OSHA Inspection: LEPAGE AND SONS ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Feb 4, 2016

Abate by

Mar 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $440 · Current $440

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required:  (a) The Employer did not submit abatement documents to OSHA, within 10 calendar days of the abatement date, certifying that the violations issued on June, 11, 2015 had been abated.

Issued

Jun 11, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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.  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to struck by hazards from flying debris and ricocheted nails while utilizing pneumatic coil nail guns and not wearing safety glasses.

Issued

Jun 11, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

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:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to overhead hazards from dropped tools and materials and not wearing hard hats.  The company, LePage & Sons Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard29 CFR 1926.100(a) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314921222, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 4/21/12, with respect to a workplace located at 77 Coggeshall Avenue, Newport, RI.

Issued

Jun 11, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

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):  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards up to 31 feet from the roof to the ground below where fall protection had not been used or provided.  The company, LePage & Sons Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314921222, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 4/21/12, with respect to a workplace located at 77 Coggeshall Avenue, Newport, RI.

Issued

Jun 11, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $15,400

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:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards where an aluminum  ladder did not extend more than 1 inch past the upper landing surface nor was there a grasping device provided.  The company, LePage & Sons Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312340987, citation number 1, item number 1 and was issued on 3/19/09, by the Providence Area Office.  The company, LePage & Sons Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard29 CFR 1926. 1053(b)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314921222, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 4/21/12, with respect to a workplace located at 77 Coggeshall Avenue, Newport, RI.