OSHA Inspection: WATER ROOFING LLC

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3547.00 · Current $3547.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses 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) On the residential roof on the site located at 5726 White Trillium Loop, Land O Lakes, FL: On or about 05/05/2025, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that, safety glasses were not being worn while employees were using nail guns on the roof.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

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) On the residential roof on the site located at 5726 White Trillium Loop, Land O Lakes, FL: On or about 05/05/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that, fall protection was not being used while performing roofing work on a residential roof with a lower level pitch of 5:12 and a fall height of 9 ft. 10 in.  b) On the residential roof on the site located at 5726 White Trillium Loop, Land O Lakes, FL: On or about 05/05/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that, fall protection was not being used while performing roofing work on a residential roof with an upper level pitch of 4:12 and a fall height of 19 ft. 6 in.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.    a) On the residential roof on the site located at 5726 White Trillium Loop, Land O Lakes, FL: On or about 05/05/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that, the ladder being used to access the upper level of the roof was not extended at least 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) On the residential roof on the site located at 5726 White Trillium Loop, Land O Lakes, FL: On or about 05/05/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that, the Telescoping Multi-position ladder being used to access the upper level of the roof was being used in the storage position and not as designed for the utilization configuration.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  a) On the residential roof on the site located at 5726 White Trillium Loop, Land O Lakes, FL: On or about 05/05/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that, employees performing roof work had not been through a ladder training program that enabled them to recognize hazards related to ladders. Employees were using ladders without extending 3-ft above the surface landing and in ways not intended.

Issued

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $398.00 · Current $398.00

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) On the residential roof on the site located at 5726 White Trillium Loop, Land O Lakes, FL: On or about 05/05/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that, the completion of fall protection training for the employees was not certified by the employer.