State Roofing Systems, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 31, 2007: Employee dies of apparent heat stroke after full work day

At approximately 4:45 p.m. on August 31, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker, roofe rs for State Roofing Systems, Inc., were going back to the headquarters office i n San Leandro, CA, after working eight hours on a roofing job in San Rafael, CA. They were midspan on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge when Employee #1 began conv ulsing. The coworker stopped and obtained emergency assistance. Employee #1 was transported to Kaiser Hospital in Richmond, where he was admitted for heat strok e. He remained hospitalized until his death on October 20, 2007.

Incident on Sep 21, 2006: Employee falls from roof, fractures pelvis

On September 21, 2006, Employee #1 was on a townhome's roof that was being repla ced. Employee #1 was assigned by the foreman to remove roofing debris on the roo f. To remove the debris, Employee #1 dropped bags of the debris over the 2-story roof edge to the ground. There was no fall protection being used at the site. E mployee #1 was approximately 1.5 feet from the unprotected leading edge of a fla t roof; Employee #1 was dropping a waste bag weighing approximately 40 pounds ov er the roof edge when he noticed a person on the ground. To prevent the waste ba g from landing on the person, Employee #1 tried to pull back the waste bag. Empl oyee #1 lost his balance and fell over the roof edge. Employee #1 fell approxima tely 19 ft to the ground. Employee #1 suffered multiple pelvic fractures. Employ ee #1 was hospitalized.

Incident on Oct 22, 1990: Employee injured in fall when ladder slips out

Employee #1, age 20, was the last man off a roof section on a two-story apartmen t building. His foreman told him to untie the ladder before coming down because they were finished with that section. Employee #1 was starting down the 12 ft al uminum ladder, which ran from the first floor to the roof, when the ladder slipp ed out from under him and he fell approximately 15 ft to the ground. His head an d back were bruised and swollen, and he was bleeding from the ears. He was taken to the local hospital, where it was determined that no bones were broken. At th e time this report was written, Employee #1 was still out of work because of bac k problems.