OSHA Inspection: COMPLETE ROOFING OF BREVARD LLC

Issued

May 30, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):       (a)  back of the house - employees were exposed to a fall of 11 feet while installing wood and installing peel and stick on a roof with a 8/12 slope, on or about 5/7/13.

Issued

May 30, 2013

Abate by

Jul 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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:       (a) back of the house - the employees were exposed to a fall of 11 feet while installing plywood and peel and stick on a roof with a 8/12 slope. The employer did not train the employees to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards, on or about 5/7/13.

Issued

May 30, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:       (a) back of the house - the employees were exposed to a fall of 11 feet, in that, they were using an extension ladder to access and egress the roof and the ladder extended approximately 1 1/2 feet above the landing, on or about 5/7/13.