OSHA Inspection: AVAMER ROOFING, INC.

Issued

Sep 2, 2021

Abate by

Sep 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,505 · Current $4,505

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not ensure employees were continuously connected to fall protection equipment by conducting frequent and regular inspections of the equipment while it was in use by the workers.    a) Lot 17 Nightingale Drive Dogwood Meadows Development Milford, DE 19963: On or about March 16, 2021; The employer did not provide a competent person on site to ensure those employees working approximately 23 feet above grade were wearing proper fall protection.  One of the employees had only worked with the company for 3 days prior to the inspection and the employer never provided any type of training.

Issued

Sep 2, 2021

Abate by

Sep 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,862 · Current $3,862

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.50(d)(1):  First aid supplies were not accessible to the employees at the site:  a) Lot 17 Nightingale Drive Dogwood Meadows Development Milford, DE 19963: On or about March 16, 2021; the employer did not provide first aid kit/supplies to the employees working at the site.

Issued

Sep 2, 2021

Abate by

Sep 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,575 · Current $2,575

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.150(c)(1)(i):  A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof and the travel distance from any point of the protected area to the nearest fire extinguisher exceeded 100 feet:  a) Lot 17 Nightingale Drive Dogwood Meadows Development Milford, DE 19963: On or about March 16, 2021; the employer did not provide fire extinguishing equipment at the site where employees were required to use flammable fuels to perform their required daily duties.

Issued

Sep 2, 2021

Abate by

Sep 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,505 · Current $4,505

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not train each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards to enable them to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Lot 17 Nightingale Drive Dogwood Meadows Development Milford, DE 19963: On or about March 16, 2021; the employer did not train each employee exposed to a fall hazard to properly recognize and minimize fall hazards.  Abatement Note: The training program must enable the employees to recognize the hazards of falling and must train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  Each employee must be trained by a competent person in the following: 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. The employer must verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record that will contain the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.

Issued

Sep 2, 2021

Abate by

Sep 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,505 · Current $4,505

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a) Lot 17 Nightingale Drive Dogwood Meadows Development Milford, DE 19963: On or about March 16, 2021; The employer did not provide training to employees working on or with various types of ladders to gain access to their work area approximately 23 feet above lower grade.

Issued

Sep 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,011 · Current $9,011

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, or an alternative fall protection measure that meets a provision described in paragraph (b) of this section:  a) Lot 17 Nightingale Drive Dogwood Meadows Development Milford, DE 19963: On or about March 16, 2021; the employer failed to ensure employees conducting roofing installation work on a new 2-story construction property while being unprotected in all directions, approximately 23 feet above grade, were provided adequate fall protection.  Avamer Roofing, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1126126, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on (10/16/2017), with respect to a workplace located at 202 Ann Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE.

Issued

Sep 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,011 · Current $9,011

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:   a) Lot 17 Nightingale Drive Dogwood Meadows Development Milford, DE 19963: On or about March 16, 2021; the employer failed to ensure employees used ladders that extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing to access the roof, exposing employees to fall hazards approximately 23 feet above grade.  Avamer Roofing, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1126126, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on (10/16/2017), with respect to a workplace located at 202 Ann Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE.