OSHA SearchOSHA records by employer

Jimb Roofing: OSHA inspections and violations

Gary, Indiana · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

1inspections
5citation items
$5,000current penalties
Sep 25, 2023last inspection

Jimb Roofing has one OSHA inspection on record in Indiana.

OSHA opened it on Sep 25, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Gary, and the case has not closed yet.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.

OSHA proposed $5,000 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Jimb Roofing averages $5,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Jimb Roofing: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Indiana · latest 90 days of OSHA records

75employers cited

6 of them in the same industry

Get notified the morning OSHA posts each new citation in Indiana: the employer, the site address, the rules broken and the penalty.

See who gets cited next

Latest cited in Indiana

Checking a subcontractor, a client or your own company? Watch Jimb Roofing and get notified the morning OSHA posts a new citation for it.

Watch this company

Inspection history

Inspection 346992928 OPENED SEP 25, 2023Open

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Open

1814 West 38th Avenue, Gary, IN 46408 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 22, 2023 (fatal): Employee dies, electrocuted when ladder contacts power lines

At 8:31 a.m. on September 22, 2023, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was setting up a ladder to begin work on the roof of a multi-family residential building. The employee was working on replacing the roof. While moving a ladder, the employer believes that the ladder slipped and fell into power line. The employee died after being electrocuted.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$400$400Mar 22, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$1,400$1,400Mar 22, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1) · Construction safety programs
 Serious$400$400Mar 22, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$1,400$1,400Mar 22, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.1060(a) · Ladder and stairway training
 Serious$1,400$1,400Mar 22, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12)

(12) Ladders shall have nonconductive siderails if they are used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment, except as provided in § 1926.955(b) and (c) of this part.

29 CFR 1926.1060 · Ladder and stairway training

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)

(a) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

Other roofing contractors employers in Indiana

Alert subscribers get notified of each newly cited employer in Indiana the morning it is posted. See the alert plans.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.