OSHA Inspection: BUCKEYE ROOFING & MAINTENANCE INC.

Issued

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $2900.00 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 August 23, 2022 the employer Buckeye Roofing & Maintenance LLC at jobsite located at 511 E. Mechanic St. Wapakoneta OH 45895 did not have a plan or a program to identify job site hazards which assists employees in maintaining a safe working environment. Such programs would support the employer and employees in identifying and avoiding potential hazards such as falls and struck by hazards during job site operations, decreasing the probability of employee injury or illness.

Issued

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 August 23, 2022 the employer Buckeye Roofing & Maintenance LLC at jobsite located at 511 E. Mechanic St. Wapakoneta OH 45895, did not have a fall protection training program in place to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling, and procedures to minimize these hazards. Such programs would support the employer and employees in identifying and avoiding potential hazards such as falls during job site operations, decreasing the probability of employee injury or illness.

Issued

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about August 23, 2022 the employer Buckeye Roofing & Maintenance LLC at jobsite located at 511 E. Mechanic St. Wapakoneta OH 45895, did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards while using a portable ladder to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling from the ladder and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards. Five employees using the single aluminum extension ladder to access the roof to perform roofing work were exposed to fall hazards 11 feet or greater to the ground below.

Issued

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3315.00 · Current $1658.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a):Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  On or about August 23, 2022 the employer Buckeye Roofing & Maintenance LLC at jobsite located at 511 E. Mechanic St. Wapakoneta OH 45895, did not ensure that employees were protected from head injury hazards by protective hardhats while working directly below and under a second level roofing construction jobsite. Employees were exposed to potential struck by injuries caused by falling and blowing construction debris, including sheets of plywood roof sheeting material.

Issued

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $2900.00 Reduced

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):   On or about August 23, 2022 the employer Buckeye Roofing & Maintenance LLC at jobsite located at 511 E. Mechanic St. Wapakoneta OH 45895, did not ensure employees were protected from falls while conducting residential roofing construction activities on the second (roof) level of a residential single family home, while exposed to falls of approximately 11 feet and 23 feet or greater to the ground below.

Issued

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2818.00 · Current $1410.00 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:  On or about August 23, 2022 the employer Buckeye Roofing & Maintenance LLC at jobsite located at 511 E. Mechanic St. Wapakoneta OH 45895, did not ensure the side rails of one portable aluminum extension ladder was extended at least three feet above the landing surface. Five employees were exposed to falls from approximately 11 feet or greater from the top of the second (roof) level to the decking below while using the ladder to access the second (roof) level to perform residential roofing activities on a single family home.