OSHA Inspection: COPELAND ROOFING CORP.

Issued

Jan 30, 2024

Abate by

Mar 4, 2024

Penalty

Initial $388 · Current $0 Reduced

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) Establishment:  As of January 30, 2024, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 2, Item 1 from inspection number 1699026, issued on 10/23/23, with a final order date of 11/22/23.

Issued

Jan 30, 2024

Abate by

Mar 4, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Establishment:  As of January 30, 2024, the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citation 2, Item 1 from inspection number 1699026, issued on 10/23/23, with a final order date of 11/22/23.

Issued

Oct 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used 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.  a) Roof: On or about 9/22/2023, an employee was not wearing wearing eye or face protection while working with power tools.

Issued

Oct 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.  a) Worksite: On or about 9/22/2023, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet 10 inches, while working on a low slope roof without any means of fall protection.

Issued

Oct 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,846 · Current $2,846

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access.  a) Parking Lot: On or about 9/22/2023, employees were exposed to fall hazards while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

Oct 23, 2023

Abate by

Dec 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $376 · Current $376

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.  a) Jobsite: On or about 9/22/2023, the employer did not create a written certification record verifying that employees received adequate fall protection training when exposed to fall hazards.