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OSHA Inspection: CASTLE SLATE ROOFING CO.

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of CASTLE SLATE ROOFING CO. in 254 WATERTOWN, STREET, NEWTON, MA 02458 (NAICS 238160). OSHA activity number 341436434.

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Site address
254 WATERTOWN, STREET
City
NEWTON
State
MA
ZIP
02458
Mailing
23 VICTORIA STREET, SOMERVILLE, MA 02144
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238160
Employees
2
Ownership type
A

2 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.451 G01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced
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.     Location: 254 Watertown Street, Newton, MA 02458. Right side of house.     On or about April 27, 2016, an employee was working on a scaffold that was on a roof of a residential house with no means of fall protection at a height greater than 16 feet above ground level.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1000
  • — Z (S) $2000

1926.1053 B01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced
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.     Location: 254 Watertown Street, Newton, MA 02458. Right side of house.     On or about April 27, 2016, an employee was using a ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above upper landing. The upper landing was greater than 16 feet above ground level.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $800
  • — Z (S) $1600

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 341436434.