OSHA Inspection: C&J CONSTRUCTION AND ROOFING LLC

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 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) Worksite - Front Scaffold Area:  On or about 3/22/2016, eye and face protective equipment was not used when employees were operating pneumatic nail guns. .

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:     (a) Worksite - Front Scaffold:  On or about 3/22/2016, the employer did not ensure that the erected ladder jack scaffold, with unrated wood planking, was capable of supporting the intended load.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(i): Each ladder jack scaffold, top plate bracket scaffold, roof bracket scaffold, and pump jack scaffold was not at least 12 inches (30 cm) wide:   (a) Worksite - Front Scaffold:  On or about 3/22/2016 employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold platform that was not a minimum of 12 inches wide.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:  (a) Worksite - Front Scaffold:  On or about 3/22/2016, a ladder jack scaffold platform extended beyond it's support more than 18 inches.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  (a) Worksite - Front and Rear Scaffold:  On or about 3/22/2016, proper access to ladder jack scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 3/22/2016, employees were not protected from falling while working from a ladder jack scaffold that was greater than 10 feet above a lower level.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another:  (a) Worksite - Front Scaffold:  On or about 3/22/2016, the employer set-up a ladder jack scaffold system with wooden planking bridged on the center extension ladder.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 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) Worksite - Rear Scaffold and Side of House:  On or about 3/22/2016, employees were not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and/or after an occurrence that could have affected their safe use:   (a) Worksite - Front Scaffold:  On or about 3/22/2016, employees were exposed to fall hazards from a ladder which had not been inspected for visible defects.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  (a) Worksite - Front Scaffold:  On or about 3/22/2016, a damaged portable extension ladder being used to support a ladder jack scaffold system was not withdrawn from service.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,200 Reduced

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:     (a) Worksite:  On or about 3/22/2016, employees were not protected from overhead hazards while working below roofers.     C & J Construction and Roofing LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.100(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1072641, citation number 001, item number 01 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/24/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 158 Doyle Street, Providence RI 02905.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,080 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employees 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)  Worksite:  On or about 3/22/2016, employees were not protected from falling while working on a roof greater than six feet above a lower level.    C&J Construction and Roofing LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1072641, citation number 001, item number 02 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/24/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 158 Doyle Street, Providence RI, 02905.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Abate by

May 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $440 · Current $220 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; Such activities were not performed by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    (a) Worksite:  On or about 3/22/2016, ladder jack scaffolding was not erected under the direction of a competent person.

Issued

Apr 4, 2016

Abate by

May 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $440 · Current $220 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) Worksite:  On or about 3/22/2016, the employer did not provide adequate training for the employees who might be exposed to fall hazards.