OSHA Inspection: KINGDOM EXTERIORS

Issued

Jan 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 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):      - Employees were re-roofing a residential structure while not using any type of fall protection system. Potential fall height was measured to be 17' with a roof pitch of 7/12.

Issued

Jan 12, 2012

Abate by

Feb 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 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:    -The employer did not adequately train employees in the recognition and avoidance of fall hazards in that they were working on the roof of a residential structure while not using any type of fall protection system.