OSHA Inspection: AVILA'S ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Jan 27, 2023

Abate by

Mar 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $827 · Current $827

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:  Location - 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA  (a)	The employer did not provide a written certification to OSHA that the abatement was complete on or about September 23, 2022.  Avila's Roofing LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1903.19(c)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1568957, citation number 3, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 17, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at Location - 1537 West Street Honesdale, PA 18431.   Abatement Certification and Documentation Required.

Issued

Sep 13, 2022

Abate by

Sep 23, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,419 · Current $3,419

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used 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) 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA: Employees using pneumatic nail guns to install roof sheathing and shingles were not wearing safety glasses or other eye and face protection exposing them to eye injury, on or about June 13, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

Sep 13, 2022

Abate by

Sep 23, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,735 · Current $2,735

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.300(b)(2): Moving part(s) of equipment exposed to contact by employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:  a) 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA: The cover to the recoil starter on the motor of the Rolair System air compressor was missing exposing employees to contact with the rotating flywheel, on or about June 13, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

Sep 13, 2022

Abate by

Sep 23, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,838 · Current $6,838

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) 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA: An employee working on the porch roof of the residential structure was not utilizing any means of fall protection exposing him to an approximately ten (10) foot fall hazard, as observed on or about June 13, 2022.  Avila's Roofing LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1609096, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on August 4, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 56 East Parker St., Scranton, PA.   Abatement Certification and Documentation Required.

Issued

Sep 13, 2022

Abate by

Sep 23, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,838 · Current $6,838

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head:   a) 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA: Employees working on the roof of the residence that had an eave height of twenty-four (24) feet were wearing  harnesses which did not have an attachment point in the center of the wearer's back, on or about August 8, 2022.  Avila's Roofing LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1926.502(d)(17), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1568957, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 11, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 1537 West St., Honesdale, PA.   Abatement Certification and Documentation Required

Issued

Sep 13, 2022

Abate by

Sep 23, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,838 · Current $6,838

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  a) 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA: Employees accessing a residential roof were exposed to a fall of approximately twenty-four (24) feet in that the extension ladder was not extended long enough to allow the ladder side rails to extend at least three (3) feet above the upper lander surface and no grab poles were installed, on or about August 8, 2022.  b) 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA: An employee accessing a residential porch roof was exposed to a fall of approximately ten (10) feet in that the extension ladder used was not extended long enough to allow the ladder side rails to extend at least three (3) feet above the upper lander surface and no grab poles were installed, on or about August 8, 2022.  Avila's Roofing LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1568957, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May11, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 1537 West St., Honesdale, PA.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

Sep 13, 2022

Abate by

Sep 23, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,469 · Current $5,469

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) 904 Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA: An employee was using the Werner extension ladder to access the porch roof without having the proper one to four ratio for rise to run, on or about August 8, 2022.  Avila's Roofing LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1609096, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on August 4, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 56 East Parker St., Scranton, PA.  Abatement Certification and Documentation Required