OSHA Inspection: VAZQUEZ ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

May 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $413 · Current $413

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:  (a) Citation 1, Item 1; a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) with an abatement date of November 28, 2022.  (b) Citation 1, Item 2; a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17) with an abatement date of November 28, 2022.  (c) Citation 2, Item 1a; a repeat-serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) with an abatement date of November 28, 2022.  (d) Citation 2, Item 1b; a repeat-serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) with an abatement date of  November 28, 2022.

Issued

Apr 7, 2023

Abate by

May 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $413 · Current $413

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1):  The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required:   (a) Citation 1, Item 1; a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) with an abatement date of November 28, 2022.  (b) Citation 2, Item 1a; a repeat-serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) with an abatement date of November 28, 2022.  (c) Citation 2, Item 1b; a repeat-serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) with an abatement date of November 28, 2022.

Issued

Nov 10, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,786 · Current $4,786

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  (a) Throughout the site; The employer did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the job site to identify and correct hazards associated with falls and portable ladder use.

Issued

Nov 10, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,102 · Current $4,102

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body belt was not located in the center of the wearer's back. 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) Residential roof structure, various locations; Workers engaged in roofing construction activities from a steep-slope roof at approximate heights ranging between 12-feet, 3-inches to 28-feet, 10-inches above ground level were attached to rope lifelines that were connected to the front of climbing-type body belts at waist-level.

Issued

Nov 10, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,571 · Current $9,571

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) Residential roof structure, various locations; Workers engaged in roofing construction activities from a steep-slope roof were not protected from falls while working at approximate heights ranging between 11-feet, 4-inches to 28-feet, 10-inches above ground level.  Vazquez Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1536844, citation number 1, item number 3a and was affirmed as a final order on July 28, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at E5309 674th Avenue, Menomonie, WI 54751.

Issued

Nov 10, 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 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:  (a) Residential roof structure, various locations; Workers exposed to fall hazards at approximate heights ranging between 11-feet, 4-inches to 28-feet, 10-inches above ground level were not trained on fall hazard recognition and mitigation methods.   Vazquez Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1536844, citation number 1, item number 3b and was affirmed as a final order on July 28, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at E5309 674th Avenue, Menomonie, WI 54751.

Issued

Nov 10, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,838 · Current $6,838

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) East end of residential structure, ground level; The side rails of a 15-foot Werner brand model no. D1216-2 Type-II aluminum extension ladder used by workers to access and egress the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface.  Vazquez Roofing, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1536844, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on July 28, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at E5309 674th Avenue, Menomonie, WI 54751.