OSHA Inspection: STERLING RIDGE PROPERTIES, INCORPORATED

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     a) At the jobsite - employees in the process of installing Tyvek sheeting were exposed to a 14 foot fall hazard, in that, the use of fall protection or an alternate fall protection measure was not enforced while working on a flat roof. Violation observed on or about 2/15/2013.