OSHA Inspection: AVILA'S ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Jan 27, 2023

Abate by

Feb 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,683 · Current $3,683

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) Roof - 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 September 15, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

Jan 27, 2023

Abate by

Feb 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $29,465 · Current $29,465

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) The employer allows employees working on residential roofs exceeding 6 feet in height to use climbing harnesses rather than a personal fall arrest system that includes a body harness with an attachment point located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.  This was observed on or about September 15, 2022, when employees were working on a residential roof approximately 20 feet above ground level at 726 Prescot Avenue, Scranton, PA.  The employees so observed were not wearing body harnesses with an attachment point located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.    Abatement:  With respect to all future worksites in Pennsylvania, the employer must cease and desist from permitting employees to work on walking/working surfaces with unprotected sides or edges 6 feet or more above a lower level, unless each employee is protected by a personal fall arrest system that includes a body harness with an attachment point located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.  This does not preclude the employer from providing fall protection other than personal fall arrest systems, so long as the chosen method of protection complies with the requirements of 29 C.F.R. Part 1926, Subpart M.    Abatement certification and documentation to address the specific violation observed on or about September 15, 2022 is also required.  The Date By Which Violation Must Be Abated listed below is for the specific violation observed on or about September 15, 2022.  The cease and desist provision listed above is an ongoing obligation.     ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

Jan 27, 2023

Abate by

Feb 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $8,840 · Current $8,840

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:  (a) Roof - An employee accessing a residential porch roof on the front of the house was exposed to a fall of approximately twenty-five (25) 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 September 15, 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 April 14, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 1537 West St., Honesdale, PA 18431.  Abatement Certification and Documentation Required