OSHA Inspection: PREMIER ROOFING COMPANY INC.

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): 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:    (a) On the ground  - An employee was beneath another employee hoisting materials to the roof.

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2520.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3): Each employee in a hoist area was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems:     (a)  At the worksite - An employee hoisting materials to the roof was not protected from falling approximately 17 feet;  on or about 09/05/14.     NOTE:   IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $ 1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 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, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.     (a)  At the worksite - Employees flashing the edge of a roof were not provided fall protection nor was a monitoring system in place; on or about 10/09/14.     NOTE:  THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:     (a)At the worksite - Employees exposed to fall hazards hoisting materials and flashing the edge of a flat roof were not trained;  on or about 10/19/14.       NOTE:  THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:     (a) At the worksite - Employees accessed the roof of the building on a portable ladder that did not extend above the edge of the roof;  on or about 10/09/14.     NOTE:  THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) At the worksite - Employees accessed the roof of the building on a portable ladder that did not extend above the edge of the roof;  on or about 10/09/14.      NOTE:  THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  (a) At the worksite - The employer did have a program for employees who use rubberized flashing cement and Aluminum Coating Polymer Asphalt; on or about 10/09/14.

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:  (a) At the worksite - The employer did not have safety data sheets such as, but not limited to for rubberized flashing cement and Aluminum Coating Polymer Asphalt; on or about 10/09/14.

Issued

2014-10-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  (a) At the worksite - The employer did have a training program for employees who use rubberized flashing cement and Aluminum Coating Polymer Asphalt; on or about 10/09/14.