OSHA Inspection: ASPERHEIM ROOFING & SIDING LLC

Issued

Dec 20, 2011

Abate by

Dec 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b)Note:  If using these systems was infeasible or created a greater hazard, the employer should develop and implement a fall protection plan meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.    Employees working from a residential roof at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

Dec 20, 2011

Abate by

Jan 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,900 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:    Employees exposed to fall hazards were not trained on how to recognize and mitigate those fall hazards.