OSHA Inspection: ED RUTHERFORD ROOFING, INC.

Issued

Apr 16, 2019

Abate by

May 24, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  On March 11, 2019, Ed Rutherford Roofing, Inc. was issued a citation and the employer did not certify that the citation was abated.  Abatement documentation was not received for the following citations:  a.    Citation 1, Item 1a, b.    Citation 1, Item 1b.

Issued

Apr 16, 2019

Abate by

May 24, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  On March 11, 2019, Ed Rutherford Roofing, Inc. was issued a citation and the employer did not document that the citation was abated.  Abatement documentation was not received for Citation 1 Item 2b.

Issued

Mar 11, 2019

Abate by

Mar 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,132 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    On or about February 5, 2019, Ed Rutherford Roofing, Inc. had employees exposed to fall hazards, on a commercial construction site in Springfield, Illinois.  The employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees activities.

Issued

Mar 11, 2019

Abate by

Mar 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  On or about February 5, 2019, Ed Rutherford Roofing, Inc. had employees exposed to fall hazards, on a commercial construction site in Springfield, Illinois.  The employer did not have a competent person conducting frequent and periodic safety inspections at the construction site.

Issued

Mar 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,984 Reduced

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:     On or about February 5, 2019, Ed Rutherford Roofing, Inc. had employees exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet without fall protection, on a commercial construction site in Springfield, Illinois.

Issued

Mar 11, 2019

Abate by

Mar 20, 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:  On or about February 5, 2019, Ed Rutherford Roofing, Inc. had employees exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet without fall protection, on a commercial construction site in Springfield, Illinois.   The employer did not provide construction safety training to employees, in order to provide them with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards of falling and the safety requirements associated with fall protection, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate the fall hazards.