OSHA Inspection: ON THE EDGE ROOFING

Issued

Aug 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,375 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses 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:  5343 Anemone, San Antonio, TX 78253; On or about August 17, 2023, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard while using a pneumatic air nail gun to install shingles on a roof without eye protection.

Issued

Aug 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,375 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):  5343 Anemone, San Antonio, TX 78253; On or about August 17, 2023, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fall hazards when installing shingles on a roof, greater than 6 feet elevation, without fall protection.

Issued

Aug 25, 2023

Abate by

Sep 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,375 Reduced

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:  5343 Anemone, San Antonio, TX 78253; On or about August 17, 2023, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed a fall hazard of greater than 6 feet to the ground below, while attaching roof shingles, without being provided training in fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,375 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:  5343 Anemone, San Antonio, TX 78253; On or about August 17, 2023, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while accessing the roof decking using a ladder where the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.