OSHA Inspection: ATLAS UNIVERSAL ROOFING, INC.

Issued

Jan 10, 2025

Abate by

Feb 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,903 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s) (Construction Reference 1926.59):  a) On or about November 25, 2024, at the job site, the employer did not maintain safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals used at the workplace including roofing asphalt, a carcinogen, when employees performed roofing construction work.

Issued

Jan 10, 2025

Abate by

Feb 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  a) On or about November 25, 2024, at the job site, the employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals used at the workplace including roofing asphalt, a carcinogen, when employees performed roofing construction work.

Issued

Jan 10, 2025

Abate by

Feb 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,292 · Current $6,775 Reduced

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 (1.8 m) 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, the use of a safety monitoring system alone:  a) On or about November 25, 2024, on the rooftop, employees were performing roofing construction work at heights greater than 6 feet without adequate fall protection.

Issued

Jan 10, 2025

Abate by

Feb 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(i): When no mechanical equipment was being used, the warning line was not erected at least 6 feet (1.8m) from the roof edge:  a) On or about November 25, 2024, on the rooftop, the warning line was erected less than 6 feet from the roof edge when employees performed roofing construction work at heights greater than 6 feet.

Issued

Jan 10, 2025

Abate by

Feb 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,453 · Current $3,872 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:  a) On or about November 25, 2024, on the roof, DeWalt DWE402W handheld angle grinders were used to grind concrete walls without water delivery system or dust collection system.

Issued

Jan 10, 2025

Abate by

Feb 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  a) On or about November 25, 2024, on the roof, the employer did not assess employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica when employees used DeWalt DWE402W handheld angle grinders to grind concrete walls.

Issued

Jan 10, 2025

Abate by

Feb 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1)(ii): The exposure control plan did not contain a description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica for each task:  a) On or about November 25, 2024, at the job site, the employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contained a description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica for each task specific to the employer's operations.