OSHA Inspection: NACES ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    (a) Naces Roofing, LLC at 1117 Crescent Drive, Windsor, CO: On or before January 16, 2019, the exposing employer did not ensure employees were provided eye protection when pneumatic nailers were used during roofing operations.  The condition exposed employees to the hazard of projectile to the eye.

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,400 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 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) Naces Roofing, LLC at 1117 Crescent Drive, Windsor, CO: On or before January 16, 2019, the exposing employer did not ensure that three employees were protected from injury, in that employees, conducting roofing work on the second floor roof of a residential home, were not utilizing fall protection systems. This condition exposed the employees to fall hazards up to approximately 25 feet.

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  (a) Naces Roofing, LLC at 1117 Crescent Drive, Windsor, CO: On or before January 16, 2019, the exposing employer did not ensure that employees were protected from injury, in that employees were not trained to recognize the hazards of fall and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards. Three employees were conducting roofing work on the second floor of a residential home but were not utilizing fall protection systems. This condition exposed the employees to fall hazards up to approximately 25 feet.   Abatement Note: The employer shall assure that each employee has been trained, as necessary, by a competent person qualified in the following areas:  1) The nature of fall hazards in the work area;  2) The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; 3) The use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used;  4) The role of each employee in the safety monitoring system when this system is used; 5) The limitations on the use of mechanical equipment during the performance of roofing work on low-sloped roofs; 6) The correct procedures for the handling and storage of equipment and materials and the erection of overhead protection; 7) The role of employees in fall protection plans; 8) The standards contained in this subpart.