OSHA Inspection: HOMESTEAD ROOFING CO. INC

Issued

2017-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $2245.00 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) Exterior Front, On the ladder and the ground: - Employees were exposed to head injuries while working below roofing activities. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about November 8th, 2016.

Issued

2017-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3207.00 · Current $1924.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                                                                A) Exterior, Roof Level of house: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while using pneumatic nail guns and were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about November 8th, 2016.

Issued

2017-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $2245.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     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 (b)      A) Exterior, 1st level Roof of house: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet while engaged in roofing work on the roof of a house without a means of fall protection in place, on or about November 8th, 2016.      B) Exterior, Upper Roof of house: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet while engaged in roofing work on the roof of a house without a means of fall protection in place, on or about November 8th, 2016.

Issued

2017-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2138.00 · Current $1283.00 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) Exterior, Roof Level: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet while using an extension ladder that was not extended at least 3 feet over the landing that they were accessing, on or about November 8th, 2016.