OSHA Inspection: GREAT FALLS ROOFING & PAINTING, INC.

Issued

Nov 26, 2012

Abate by

Dec 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:    (a) Construction Site: On or about August 2, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately fifteen feet to the ground below while roofing the top of an elevator.

Issued

Nov 26, 2012

Abate by

Dec 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide an effective training program for each employee who was  exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      (a) Construction Site: On or about August 2, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately fifteen feet to the ground below due to lack of adequate training in the recognition of fall hazards and the means to control these hazards.    (b) Construction Site: On or about August 2, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately thirty feet to the ground below while roofing the top of an apartment with an out of compliance Control Access Zone.

Issued

Nov 26, 2012

Abate by

Dec 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:    (a) Construction Site: On or about August 2, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fall to the concrete floor below using a stairway with approximately twelve risers to access the roof.