OSHA Inspection: PRIZIO ROOFING & SIDING CO., INC.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1870.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 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.    WORKSITE: The employees installing roofing shingles with pneumatic nailing devices were not using safety glasses or equivalent eye protection devices.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1870.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:    WORKSITE: The wood sawn 15-foot scaffold planks used by employees as part of a ladder jack scaffold did not have scaffold grading stamps to indicate the maximum load capacity of the planks.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm).  WORKSITE: The ends of the wood scaffold plank, used on the ladder jack scaffold extended approximately 3 inches on the right side and 4 inches on the left side beyond the supports and the plank was not secured to prevent accidental displacement.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $2620.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length, extended over its support more than 12 inches:Note:  Does not apply if the platform was designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employees and/or materials without tipping or had guardrails that blocked employee access to the end.    WORKSITE: The cantilevered portions of the two (2) out of three (3) planks of the roof bracket scaffolds, used by employees during roofing activities extended more than 12 inches beyond the support and the planks were not appropriately secured to prevent from accidental displacement or tipping over.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 cantilivered end.  WORKSITE: The cantilevered portions of the 24-foot aluminum plank of the ladder jack scaffold, used by employees during the roofing activities extended more than 24 inches beyond the support and the plank was not secured to prevent from  accidental displacement or tipping over.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1870.00 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.      WORKSITE: In the following instances, employees were not provided with appropriate access/egress onto the scaffolds:      1.     Employees were using the ladders of the ladder jack scaffold and then climbing over the scaffold plank.      2.     Employees were climbing greater than 2 feet over the roof eave to access onto the roof bracket scaffold from the ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $2620.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    WORKSITE: The employees performing roofing activities from the portion of a ladder jack scaffold over the garage were not protected against a fall hazard greater than 15 feet by the use of personal fall arrest or equivalent fall protection systems.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  WORKSITE: The employees performing roofing activities from the roof bracket scaffolds were not protected against fall hazards between 11 feet 4 inches and 17 feet 6 inches to the ground by the use of personal fall arrest or equivalent fall protection systems.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.   WORKSITE: The two (2) wood sawn 15-foot scaffold planks and the 24-foot aluminum scaffold plank of the ladder jack scaffold from that the employees were performing roofing activities were bridged together.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):   WORKSITE: The employees, performing roofing activities on the 6 in 12 pitch roof were not protected against the hazard of falling between 11 feet 4 inches and 17 feet 6 inches to the ground, respectively, by the use of an appropriate fall protection systems/devices.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1870.00 Reduced

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.     WORKSITE: The employees, performing roofing activities both from ladder jack and roof bracket scaffolds were not provided with in the recognition of hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used, or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

2016-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-06 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:  WORKSITE: The employees, exposed to fall hazards while engaged in construction activities were not provided with training and information in the recognition of hazards associated with falls or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.