OSHA Inspection: KAYCO ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Jan 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,501 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a.    On or about July 27, 2019, two roofing employees were exposed to an eye injury hazard in that they were operating pneumatic nail guns, and they were not provided protective eyewear.

Issued

Jan 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,501 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a.    On or about July 27, 2019, at the front right corner of the roof, 5 roofing employees were exposed to a 10-feet fall hazard in that the roof access ladder did not extend 3 feet above the roof eave edge of the upper landing surface.

Issued

Jan 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder:    a.    On or about July 27, 2019, at the right front corner of the roof, the roof access ladder was set at 62-degrees, 13-degress shallower than required, exposing employees to the hazard of the ladder falling 10 feet down and out from the side of the house.

Issued

Jan 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,669 · Current $6,668 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, a personal fall arrest system, or an alternative fall protection measure as provided by another provision in paragraph (b) of this section:    a.     On or about July 27, 2020, at a job site at 88 boulder Brook Ln, Lot 88, Saint Johns, Florida, 4 roofing employees working on the 6:12 pitch slopes of first-story and second-story roofs were exposed to 10-feet to 27-feet fall hazards from the roof eaves and the raked edges of the peaks of roof gables in that they were not protected by a fall protection system.    Kayco Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1242594, Serious citation number 01, item number 001 and was affirmed as a final order on September 19, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 2743 Beauclerc Rd, Jacksonville, Florida.