OSHA Inspection: DAVID JOHNSON AND SALVADORE REYES AND JOSE PEREZ: A PARTNERSHIP

Issued

Nov 18, 2011

Abate by

Nov 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $1,200 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 (1.8 m) 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, 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, the use of a safety monitoring system alone:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 17'-4" feet above the concrete surface below while performing roofing acitivies because of the lack of fall protection.

Issued

Nov 18, 2011

Abate by

Dec 5, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 17'-4" above the concrete surface below while performing roofing acitivites because of the lack of fall protection and the employer did not have a training program for providing fall protection for the employees.