OSHA Inspection: MCGEE ROOFING LLC

Issued

Oct 10, 2017

Abate by

Jan 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,738 Reduced

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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from exposure to chemical hazards.  This was most recently documented on or about May 2, 2017 at the jobsite located at 1203 Ridge Circle, Tonganoxie, Kansas.  The employer did not develop or implement a written hazard communication program to address the hazards of hazardous chemicals being used by employees on the jobsite, such as but not limited to gasoline, liquid petroleum gas, and other roofing materials and adhesives.

Issued

Oct 10, 2017

Abate by

Jan 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $4,056

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work was begun the employer did not ascertain by inquiry or direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit; the employer did not post and maintain proper warning signs where such a circuit existed; and the employer did not advise employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken:  The employer is failing to protect employees from electrical hazards while engaged in residential roofing activities.  This was most recently documented on or about May 2, 2017 at the jobsite located  1203 Ridge Circle, Tonganoxie, Kansas.  The employer did not take necessary actions to ascertain the presence of, or warn employees of energized 240 volt electrical wiring and advise employees on actions needed to be taken to avoid potential contact. Employees were exposed to electrical shock/electrocution hazards.

Issued

Oct 10, 2017

Abate by

Jan 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $4,056 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:   The employer is failing to protect the employees from fall hazards while engaged in residential roofing activities.  This was most recently documented on or about May 2, 2017 at the jobsite located at 1203 Ridge Circle, Tonganoxie, Kansas. An employee engaged in residential roofing activities, tearing off shingles from a 4:12 pitch roof was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet from the roof's eave to the ground.

Issued

Oct 10, 2017

Abate by

Jan 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, was not rigged such that an employee could neither free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m), nor contact any lower level:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards while performing residential re-roofing activities.  This was most recently documented on or about May 2, 2017 at the jobsite located at 1203 Ridge Circle, Tonganoxie, Kansas. Employees engaged in residential roofing activities, tearing off shingles from a 4:12 pitch roof was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet from the roof's eave to the ground in that employees did not properly adjust the fall arrest system from the lanyard to the anchor point on the peak of the roof.

Issued

Oct 10, 2017

Abate by

Jan 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $4,056 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  The employer is failing to protect employees from exposure to fall hazards while performing residential reroofing activities.  This was most recently documented on May 2, 2017, in that the employer did not provide adequate training to each employee on the procedures to be followed for the correct use and operation of fall arrest systems, to include but not limited to the proper use of anchor points, and the proper adjustment of fall arrest systems.