OSHA Inspection: ECONOMY ROOFING & SIDING, INC.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,352 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.303(b)(1): Grinding machines were not equipped with safety guards in conformance with the requirements of American National Standards Institute, B7.1-1970, Safety Code for the Use, Care and Protection of Abrasive Wheels, and paragraph (d) of this section:    a)  On or about July, 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that the portable hand grinder was equipped and utilized with a safety guard at the site.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,487 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that the working levels of the scaffold were fully planked.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a) On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, at the front/north side of the building, workers were exposed to serious fall hazards while working from a supported scaffolding system that was missing a complete guardrail system.  Workers were not wearing or utilizing any fall protection devices.  b) On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, on the west side of the building, workers were exposed to serious fall hazards while working from the supported scaffolding system that was missing a complete guardrail system.  Workers were not wearing or utilizing any fall protection devices.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,487 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were intermixed such that the components fit together with force and the scaffold's structural integrity was not maintained by the user:    a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, workers performed tasks from supported scaffolding that was intermixed with scaffolding components from different manufacturers, which compromised the scaffold's structural integrity.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.    a)  On or about July 11, 2016,at the above addressed jobsite, workers performed masonry tasks from a  scaffolding system with a 5:1 height to base with ratio that was not restrained from tipping.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a)  On or about July 11, 2016,at the above addressed jobsite, employees performed masonry tasks from scaffolding systems that were lacking base plates to ensure an adequate firm foundation.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:    a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the legs of the supported scaffolding frames were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:    a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, workers were observed working from the working levels of an unsecured scaffolding system that was lacking cross bracing.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:    a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, workers performed masonry tasks from an unsecured supported scaffolding system that was not locked together to prevent an uplift.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,487 · Current $0 Reduced

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    a)  On or about July 11, 2016,at the above addressed jobsite, workers did not have safe access or egress of the working levels of the supported scaffolding system.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,920 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person inspected the supported scaffolding system for any visual defects before each shift.  The supported scaffolding system was found to have several defects that exposed the employees to serious fall and struck by hazards.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 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:  a)  On or about July 11, 2016,at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that his workers were trained to recognize and minimize their exposure to the hazards associated with the use of the supported scaffolding systems used at the job site.  Employees were exposed to serious hazards.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 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:  a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that his workers were trained to recognize and minimize their exposure to the hazards associated with the erection, assembly and the maintenance of the supported scaffolding systems used at the job site.  Employees were exposed to serious hazards.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that its workers were aware and provided the information contained in Appendix D for voluntary use of the respirator.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Oct 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  a)  On and around July 11, 2016, workers were found to be exposed to respirable hazards while not cleaning, storing or maintaining their respirators in a safe or healthy manner.

Issued

Oct 6, 2016

Abate by

Nov 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a)  On or about July 11, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not develop, implement and/or maintain a written hazard communication program for the workplace as the workers were exposed to the health hazards posed by the enamel that was used at the site.