OSHA Inspection: GROOVER ROOFING & SIDING, INC.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) jobsite Greenville Senior Center in Greenville, PA.  On or about November 29, 2017, employees working on the ground and near the scaffold were not wearing hard hats to protect against falling objects such as tools and/ or materials.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6467.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    a) jobsite Greenville Senior Center in Greenville, PA.  On or about November 29, 2017, employees working from the scaffold were not protected from falling at least 20 feet to ground.  Employees were on the scaffold preforming carpentry work that included rebuilding the fascia.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $6000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) jobsite Greenville Senior Center in Greenville, PA.  On or about November 29, 2017, employees performing cutting and sawing on the flat roof were not protected from falling at 14 feet to the ground.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 (1.8 m) 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:    a) jobsite Greenville Senior Center in Greenville, PA.  On or about November 29, 2017, employees performing roofing activities including, but not limited to, removing old roof materials and installing a new roof, were not protected from falling 14 feet to the concrete surface below the work area.