OSHA Inspection: ROOF REPAIRS CORP

Issued

Oct 22, 2024

Abate by

Oct 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $5,323

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2):The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  Location: Worksite:  On or about June 12, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 14 feet, as well as struck-by hazards while performing roofing activities, where the employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the applicable regulations.

Issued

Oct 22, 2024

Abate by

Oct 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Location: Worksite  On or about June 12, 2024, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while performing roofing activities below the roofline and using the RGC materials moist, where the employer did not ensure that protective helmets were being used.

Issued

Oct 22, 2024

Abate by

Oct 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  Location: Worskite  On or about June 12, 2024, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from flying debris while performing roofing activities where the employer did not ensure that employees used impact resistant eye protection while working on site, and operating pneumatic nail guns, and other tools, even though eye protection was available on site.

Issued

Oct 22, 2024

Abate by

Oct 30, 2024

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.  Location: Woeksite  On or about June 12, 2024,  employees were exposed to fall hazards over 14 feet while performing roofing activities, where the employer did not ensure that each employee was trained to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.

Issued

Oct 22, 2024

Abate by

Oct 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $10,646

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1):Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  Location; Worksite  On or about June 12, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 14 feet while performing roofing activities, where the employer did not ensure  that fall protection was in place, by any means.  The employer has previously failed to ensure that employees were protected by fall protection, as seen in prior OSHA inspection:  a) OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1503781, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 4/26/2021 to the employer, with respect to a workplace located at 359 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, where a subcontractor employee fell 32 feet from a multi-story residential roof project.