OSHA Inspection: QUALITY TOPS ROOFING

Issued

Nov 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,458 · Current $2,458

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10):"Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be 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 (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.   On the west side of the construction site, employees engaged in roofing work without fall protection were exposed to unprotected fall hazards of approximately 10 feet to the lower level.

Issued

Nov 17, 2020

Abate by

Dec 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,475 · Current $1,475

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.    On the west side of the construction site, employees engaged in roofing activities use pneumatic nail guns and were not wearing eye and face protection exposing them to struck-by hazards and injuries..

Issued

Nov 17, 2020

Abate by

Dec 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $276 · Current $276

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.    On the west side of commercial building, the employer did not develop or provide a training program to employees engaged in roofing work to recognize and eliminate hazards such as fall protection.