OSHA Inspection: ROOF-ROOF INC.

Issued

Dec 5, 2012

Abate by

Dec 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:    On or about 11/29/12 employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 18 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below while installing fascia.

Issued

Dec 5, 2012

Abate by

Dec 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    On or about 11/29/12 employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 18 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below while installing fascia.