WHITEHALL, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: PALACIOS ROOFING
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of PALACIOS ROOFING in 13TH AND OVERLOOK SPRING RIDGE APTS., WHITEHALL, PA 18052 (NAICS 236115). OSHA activity number 343588034.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- PALACIOS ROOFING
- Site address
- 13TH AND OVERLOOK SPRING RIDGE APTS.
- City
- WHITEHALL
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18052
- Mailing
- 93 CARLISLE STREET 2ND FLOOR, WILKES BARRE, PA 18702
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236115
- Employees
- 15
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.28 A
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $3,326 · Current $3,326
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.28(a): The employer did not require the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions: a) Spring Ridge Apartments, Worksite, Roof - on or about November 8, 2018, employees were utilizing pneumatic nail guns without wearing impact resistant safety eyewear.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $3326
1926.501 B13
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $3,881 · Current $3,881
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): a) Spring Ridge Apartments, Worksite, Roof - on or about November 8, 2018, employees were performing roofing activities on a residential roof, approximately 14 - 18 feet above grade, without utilizing any means of fall protection.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $3881
1926.1053 B01
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access: a) Spring Ridge Apartments, Worksite, Roof - on or about November 8, 2018, employees were accessing a residential roof using an extension ladder which did not have its side rails extended at least three feet above the upper landing surface.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $2772
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 343588034.
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