OSHA Inspection: COSTA ROOFING INC

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Nov 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)  Location:  Jobsite  A worker suffered fatal injuries from a fall through an un-guarded skylight at a jobsite where a competent person did not inspect for hazards such as, but not limited to; un-guarded skylights, fall hazards, health hazards from chemicals and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Jan 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  Location:  Jobsite  A worker suffered fatal injuries after falling through an un-guarded skylight were workers had not been trained to recognize or avoid hazards associated with roofing work.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Jan 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of 17 feet and greater where the employer did not train employees to recognize or avoid the hazards associated with utilizing aluminum extension ladders to access and egress the work area.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Jan 12, 2018

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:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to health hazards where the employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication program where substances such as but not limited to; gasoline and adhesives were used.    A written program should include descriptions of how the criteria are met for:    1.  Labeling and other forms of warning.    2.  Material safety data sheets.    3.  Employee information and training will be met.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Nov 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to struck by hazards from flying debris, and or dropped tools and materials while working on a jobsite, performing roofing operations and not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Nov 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  Employees were exposed to eye injuries while working on a flat roof, utilizing gasoline powered leaf blowers and other associated equipment and were not wearing safety glasses.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Nov 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes (including skylights) by covers:  Location:  Jobsite  A worker suffered fatal injuries after falling 17 feet and 5 inches through an un-guarded skylight on the roof to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Nov 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 17 feet where an aluminum extension ladder was used that had a bent side rail at the foot component.

Issued

Nov 21, 2017

Abate by

Nov 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,366 · Current $8,366

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.  Location:  Jobsite  Workers were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 17 feet to the ground below while conducting roofing operations where fall protection was not used or provided.   The company, Costa Roofing, Inc.,  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1925.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1152623, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 29 June 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 326 Washington Street in Weymouth, MA.