OSHA Inspection: ZELINSKI & SONS ROOFING COMPANY

Issued

2011-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2550.00 · Current $1530.00 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 fuardrail 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)  Webster Fire Department roofing Project, Webster, WI; Employees were not using an effective means of fall protection while performing roofing activities on a 3 in 12 pitch roof approximately 16 feet 3 inches above the lower level.

Issued

2011-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    (a)  Webster Fire Department roofing Project, Webster, WI; Employees were not provided a safe ladder access area to roof as ladder top was resting on the fascia of the eaves edge and did not extend past the landing area.