OSHA Inspection: C&A ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Jul 29, 2024

Abate by

Aug 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $388 · Current $388

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   Location:  1082 May Street, Naugatuck, Connecticut  Abatement certification and verification for Citation 01, Item 01; Citation 01, Item 02; Citation 01, Item 03; Citation 01, Item 04; Citation 01, Item 05a; Citation 01, Item 05b; Citation 01, Item 06 and Citation 02, Item 01  with a final order date of 2/15/2024   was not received within 10 calendar days (by 2/26/2024) following the abatement due date (2/16/2024).

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,902 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.  Jobsite: On or about November 5, 2023, the employer did not ensure that an employee picking up construction debris below roofers working from a ladder jack scaffold approximately 14 feet, 11 inches from ground level was protected from falling objects by the use of a hard hat.

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,383 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): An employee did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  Rooftop: On or about November 5, 2023, the employer did not ensure that an employee using a pneumatic nail gun to install asphalt shingles on a residential roof was protected from injury by the use of eye protection.

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,902 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(iv): Vertical lifelines, independent support lines, and suspension ropes shall not be attached to each other, nor shall they be attached to or use the same point of anchorage, nor shall they be attached to the same point on the scaffold or personal fall arrest system.   Rooftop:  On or about November 5, 2023, the employer did not ensure that each employee working from a ladder-jack scaffold was attached to separate anchor points. pounds.

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $1,729 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Jobsite: On or about November 5, 2023, the employer did not ensure that a portable ladder was set up to access a ladder-jack scaffold approximately 14 feet, 11 inches from ground level, which was being used by employees to install new shingles on a residential roof.

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,420 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR1926.502(d)(15)(ii):  Anchorages used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment were not designed, installed, and used under the supervision of a qualified person.  Worksite:  On or about November 5, 2023, the employer did not ensure that personal fall arrest systems used by employees while installing shingles on a residential roof at a height of approximately 14 feet, 11 inches from ground level were designed, installed, and used under the supervision of a qualified person.

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Rooftop: The employer did not ensure that an employee installing shingles on a residential roof at an approximate height of 14 feet, 11 inches from ground level was tied in at the dee-ring on the back of the employee's harness.

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $1,729 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.   Jobsite:  On or about November 5, 2023, the employer did not ensure that employees installing shingles on a residential roof up to approximately 16 feet, 7 inches from ground level were trained in the selection and use of fall protection equipment.

Issued

Jan 23, 2024

Abate by

Feb 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $5,323 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest systems.  Rooftop: On or about November 5, 2023, the employer did not ensure that an employee installing roll roofing to a residential roof approximately 16 feet, 7 inches from ground level was protected from falls by guardrail systems, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest systems.  C&A roofing, LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(10), which was contained in OSHA inspection #1545160, citation #1, item #1a, and was affirmed as a final order on (December 2, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at 887 Main Street, Monroe, CT. 06468.