OSHA Inspection: JASON ELWELL ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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:  A.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, roof of the structure, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  An employee performing roofing activities was utilizing a pneumatic air nailer to affix shingles to the roof of the structure.  The employee was not wearing eye and/or face protection when performing this task.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.28(a): The employer did not require the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.  A.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, roof of the structure, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  An employee performing roofing activities was utilizing a pneumatic air nailer to affix shingles to the roof of the structure.  The employee was not wearing eye and/or face protection when performing this task.  B.) Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  An employee on-site was performing ground-type activities and bringing materials and equipment to the scaffolding and roof of the structure via a ladder.  The employee was not wearing head protection when accessing the ladder to bring those materials up to the employees performing roofing activities above.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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.) Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  An employee on-site was performing ground-type activities and bringing materials and equipment to the scaffolding and roof of the structure via a ladder.  The employee was not wearing head protection when accessing the ladder to bring those materials up to the employees performing roofing activities above.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:  A.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, roof of the structure, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Employees performing roofing activities were working within one foot of the power line coming into the weather head on top of the structure.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, south side of the  structure, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Employees performing work activities including, but not limited to, removing gutters, and installing fascia and shingles were working from tubular welded frame scaffolds and scaffold planks.  The employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 11.4-feet.  Employees were not utilizing a means or methods of fall protection including, but not limited to, guardrails or personal fall arrest.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  A.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Employees performing work activities including, but not limited to, removing gutters, and installing fascia and shingles were working from tubular welded frame scaffolds and scaffold planks.  The employees had not received training on the use of scaffolding.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  A.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Employees performing work activities including, but not limited to, erecting tubular welded frame scaffolds and setting up scaffold planks.  The employees had not received training on the erection of scaffolding.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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):  A.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, roof, south side of the structure, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Employees were performing roofing activities including, but not limited to, removing shingles from the roof of the structure, and were not utilizing a means or method of fall protection including, but not limited to, personal fall arrest systems, guardrails and/or safety nets while exposed to a fall hazard of 11.7-feet.  In addition, the scaffold catch platform was not equipped with guardrails.

Issued

2016-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 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:  A.)  Jason Elwell Roofing & Construction, Inc., 521 Cranberry Street, Erie, PA  16507, on or about April 13, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Employees did not have fall protection training.