OSHA Inspection: ROOFTEC, LLC

Issued

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $10,000 · Current $7,000 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 and 50-feet (15.25 m) wide or less, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system, or by the use of a safety monitoring system alone:    On or about October 30, 2012, employees were working near the edge of a roof, installing seam joints, were exposed to the hazards of falls, from an elevation of approximately 13 and 20 feet without a fall protection system.    THE ROOFTEC LLC WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.501(B)(10), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 313499188, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 001 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 04/18/11 WITH A FINAL ABATEMENT DATE OF 04/05/11, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 4545 WOODROW BEAN, EL PASO, TX  79925.    THE ROOFTEC LLC WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.501(B)(10), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 311969125, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 001 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 05/23/08 WITH A FINAL ABATEMENT DATE OF 05/07/08, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 10241 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX  78418.