OSHA Inspection: R & S ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Oct 31, 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) R & S Roofing, LLC, Holland, Ohio:  On or about August 30, 2012, at the address of 3831 Angola Road, Holland, Ohio, the employer did not ensure that each employee engaged in roofing activities on a commercial structure with a flat roof were protected from falls.  No acceptable form of fall protection was being utilized to protect employees from falling approximately 12.1 feet to the paved ground below, which could result in permanent disability or death.