OSHA Inspection: MARTINS ROOFING LLC

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.  Location: 36 Maple Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450    Each employee utilizing a pneumatic air gun while installing plywood sheathing on the roof exposed to potential eye injuries was not with eye protection and required to utilize eye protection.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Sep 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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 only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location:  36 Maple Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450    A ladder jack scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  Location: 36 Maple Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450    The scaffold platform on the ladder jack scaffold 12 feet above the ground was not equipped with a fall protection system or guardrail system.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Sep 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Location:  36 Maple Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450    Each employee performing work on the ladder jack scaffold was not trained by a qualified person in the appropriate subject matter to recognized the hazards associated with ladder jack scaffolds and the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Sep 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee 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.  Location:  36 Maple Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450    Each employee involved with erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining or inspecting ladder jack scaffolds was not trained by a competent person to recognize the hazards associated with erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining or inspecting ladder jack scaffolds.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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):  Location: 36 Maple Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450  The 10 in 12 pitched residential type roof with an eave to ground fall distance of 15 feet to ground was not equipped with a guardrail system, personal fall arrest system, safety net system or alternative fall protection measure.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Sep 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Location: 36 Maple Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450    Each employee exposed to fall hazards up to 15 feet above the ground while performing roofing work a 10 in 12 pitched residential type roof was not provided with a training program to recognize the hazards of falls and the procedures in order to minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.