OSHA Inspection: JOSE DOMINGUEZ ROOFING, LLC

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    Employees performing roofing operations were exposed to fall hazards and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite.

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)    Employee performing roofing activities on a residential roof were exposed to fall hazards and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    Employees installing shingles were exposed to eye injuries while using pneumatic nail guns without appropriate eye protection and the employer had not provided instruction in the recognizing the hazard and the methods and procedures to eliminate or control the hazard.

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Employees were exposed to eye injuries while using pneumatic nail guns to install shingles and eye protection was not utilized.

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards while installing shingles and the employer had not ensured that appropriate fall protection was utilized.

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing roofing activities without appropriate fall protection in place and were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards.

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    Employees installing shingles were exposed to fall hazards while accessing the roof from a portable ladder that was not long enough to extend at least three feet above the landing and the employer did not ensure that the ladder was secured at the top and that a grasping device was provided.

Issued

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   Employees installing shingles were exposed to fall hazards while accessing the roof from a portable ladder that was not long enough to extend at least three feet above the landing and the employer did not ensure that the ladder was secured at the top and that a grasping device was provided.  The employer did not provide training for each employee that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.