OSHA Inspection: COULEE REGION ROOFING & SIDING, INC.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Abate by

Apr 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $840 Reduced

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.  On or about March 18, 2015, employees utilizing pneumatic nail guns were doing so without eye protection.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Abate by

Apr 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:  On or about March 18, 2015, employees installing shingles / felt paper on an apartment complex at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Abate by

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(viii): The employer did not assure that each employee had been trained by a competent person qualified in the standards contained in subpart M:  On or about March 18, 2015, the employees on site were not familiar with the OSHA fall protection standards and the requirements held within.