OSHA Inspection: J & VARELA ROOFING, LLC

Issued

May 22, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,281 · Current $1,601 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  94 Edgemont Road, Scarsdale - NY: Employees were exposed to head injuries while working below roofing replacement activities. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about, December 13th, 2023.

Issued

May 22, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,042 · Current $3,733

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  A) 94 Edgemont Road, Scarsdale - NY: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while using pneumatic nail guns during roofing replacement work.  The employees were not protected by eye/face protection, on or about, December 13th, 2023.

Issued

May 22, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $2,133 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):    A) 94 Edgemont Road, Scarsdale - NY: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to 25-feet, while conducting roofing work, without the use of harnesses, or other fall protection devices, on or about, December 13th, 2023.

Issued

May 22, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,042 · Current $2,133 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access:  A) 94 Edgemont Road, Scarsdale - NY: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11 1/2-feet while using an extension ladder to access the roof of a structure. The extension ladder that was used, did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing, on or about, December 13th, 2023.