OSHA Inspection: EL REY ROOFING

Issued

Jan 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,134 Reduced

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 shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.    Employees are not protected from fall hazards while working on a residential roof. This was most recently documented on October 30, 2018 on the jobsite located at 2431 S. 183rd Circle, Omaha, Nebraska  68130. Four employees were observed on the roof of a 2-story house with 16 in 12 and 12 in 12 steep sloped pitches at heights greater than 10 feet above the ground. None of the employees were using any form of fall protection. The employer, Pablo Hernandez, was onsite at the time of the inspection.

Issued

Jan 14, 2019

Abate by

Feb 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,134 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.    Employees exposed to fall hazards are not effectively trained on fall hazard recognition and on how to use fall protection. This was most recently documented on October 30, 2018 on the jobsite located at 2431 S. 183rd Circle, Omaha, Nebraska 68130. The employer has four employees who have received inadequate fall protection training and are exposed to fall hazards while installing underlayment to the roof of the house in preparation for shingles. None of the employees were utilizing any type of fall protection. The roof of the 2-story home has 16 in 12 and 12 in 12 steep sloped pitches, and ground to eave height is at least 10 feet.

Issued

Jan 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,134 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access.    Employees are not protected from fall hazards when entering and exiting the landing surface of the roof of a 2-story residential home. This was most recently documented on October 30, 2018 on the jobsite located at 2431 S. 183rd Circle, Omaha, Nebraska  68130. The KPro Keller Type IA fiberglass extension ladder used by four employees to access the roof did not extend to at least three feet above the landing surface of the roof.