OSHA Inspection: TDINDUSTRIES

Issued

May 31, 2012

Abate by

Jun 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $4,200 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 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.  The employer does not protect its employees from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system, 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 while employees are working from heights. This violation was observed on or about May 3, 2012, located at the work site at 19075 I-45 S. #480, Shenandoah, TX, where an employee was exposed to an approximately 25 foot fall while sitting on the parapet wall of the roof, providing hand signals to a crane operator without a fall protection system.  Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the date of this citation, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that employees are protected from falling to lower levels.