OSHA Inspection: BONTRAGER ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $0 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 September 7, 2022 the employer Bontrager Roofing LLC, at worksite located at 1301 E. Sandusky St. Findlay OH 45840, 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

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1):The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:  On or about September 7, 2022 the employer Bontrager Roofing LLC, at worksite located at 1301 E. Sandusky St. Findlay OH 45840, 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

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 September 7, 2022 the employer Bontrager Roofing LLC, at worksite located at 1301 E. Sandusky St. Findlay OH 45840, 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.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $1,243 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a):Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  On or about September 7, 2022 the employer Bontrager Roofing LLC, at worksite located at 1301 E. Sandusky St. Findlay OH 45840, did not ensure that employees were protected from head injury hazards by protective hardhats while working directly below and under a mobile construction crane which was performing overhead lifting operations of prefabricated trusses on the jobsite. Employees were exposed to potential struck by injuries caused by falling and swinging prefabricated trusses.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,177 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1):Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  On or about September 7, 2022 the employer Bontrager Roofing LLC, at worksite located at 1301 E. Sandusky St. Findlay OH 45840, did not ensure employees were protected from falls while performing framing activities atop a low sloped commercial wood framed structure. Three employees preparing for and installing trusses on the commercial wood framed building were exposed falls up to 22 feet or greater from a flat truss walking working surface to the ground below.