OSHA Inspection: J.D. JOHNSON GENERAL CONTRACTOR, INC.

Issued

Nov 29, 2013

Abate by

Dec 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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 guardrail 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)  On or about 08/28/13 - 1231 16th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, employees working from the edge of a roof did not have any type of fall protection and were exposed to a fall of 13 feet.

Issued

Nov 29, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:     (a) On or about 08/28/13 - 1231 16th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, an extension ladder being used by employees was not extended at least 3 feet above the landing of the roof.