OSHA Inspection: GREEN ROOFING & WATERPROOFING TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Issued

2020-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5937.00 · Current $2987.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   On or about 1/30/2020, at the jobsite located at 4700 State Road 7, Hollywood, FL 33019.  An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of up to 33'-4" while performing roofing work on a low slope roof without training.

Issued

2020-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5089.00 · Current $5089.00

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:    On or about 1/30/2020, at the jobsite located at 4700 State Road 7, Hollywood, FL 33019.  Two employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 8 feet or more feet to a lower level while assessing a roof using an opened self-supporting ladder (A-frame type, Werner, 10') without being secured.

Issued

2020-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5089.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  On or about 1/30/2020, at the jobsite located at 4700 State Road 7, Hollywood, FL 33019. Two employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 8 feet or more to a lower level while assessing a roof using an opened self-supporting ladder (A-frame type, Werner, 10') which had a loose spreader.

Issued

2020-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $29687.00 · Current $13494.00 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 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:   On or about 1/30/2020, at the jobsite located at 4700 State Road 7, Hollywood, FL 33019. Two employees were observed exposed to a fall hazard of up to 33'-4" while performing roofing work on a low slope roof without being protected from falling.   Green Roofing & Waterproofing Technologies LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.501(b)(10), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1103186, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 12/15/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 2031 SW Gatlin Boulevard Port Saint Lucie, FL 34953.