OSHA Inspection: GULF 2 BAY ROOFING, LLC

Issued

2015-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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.   a. During residential roofing work, employees were exposed to eye injuries, in that, safety glasses were not provided while using air operated nail-guns, on or about 10/20/2015.

Issued

2015-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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 29 CFR 1926.501(b):    a. During residential roofing work, employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 16 feet high, in that, three employees were stripping and installing roofing shingles without any type of fall protection, on or about 10/20/2015.

Issued

2015-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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. During residential roofing work, employees exposed to a fall hazard were not provided training and education relating to fall protection, hazard recognition, procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards and the proper use and limitations of fall protection equipment and fall protection systems, on or about 10/20/2015.

Issued

2015-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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. During residential roofing work, employees were exposed to a 12 feet fall hazard, in that, an extension ladder used to gain access to the roof extended 1 foot 6 inches from the landing surface, on or about 10/20/2015.

Issued

2015-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and/or maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard:     a. The employer did not develop and implement a safety and health program to address the company policy on safety as well as the employer/employee responsibilities, on or about 10/20/2015.