OSHA Inspection: PREMIUM ROOFING SYSTEMS, LLC

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,273 · Current $1,642 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    At the worksite, on July 19, 2012, employees used the cross-braces and vertical posts of the fabricated frame scaffold as a means of access and egress to the overhanging roof. This condition exposed employees to falls of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $2,695 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 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 fuardrail 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, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:    At the east side of the building, on July 19, 2012, employees were begining to install the roof to the overhanging roof.  The employees were not protected against falls of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $2,695 Reduced

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:    At the north section of the parepet of the roof, on July 19, 2012, employees leaned an A-framed ladder against the parapet for access and egress of the roof. This condition exposed employees to falls of approximately 20 feet.