OSHA Inspection: LEE CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Jun 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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):    a)  At 141 Turtle Drive Millbrook, Alabama:  On or about May 15, 2012 and at times prior to; the employer failed to ensure that employees installing shingles on the 4:12 pitch roof of the building were provided and were using fall protection exposing them to falls of 8.9 feet to the ground below

Issued

Jun 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a)  At 141 Turtle Drive Millbrook, Alabama:  On or about May 15, 2012 and at times prior the employer failed to ensure a ladder used by employees to gain access to the roof of a new residential home extended at least three feet above the landing area exposing employees to falls of 8.9 feet.