OSHA Inspection: ROOF MASTERS

Issued

Oct 30, 2013

Abate by

Nov 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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) The employer did not ensure that employees were using fall protection when conducting roofing work on a commercial building. The employees were exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 30, 2013

Abate by

Nov 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 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) The employer did not ensure that the employees were trained in recognizing fall hazards and implementing fall protection. The employees were conducting roofing work on a residential building and were exposed to a fall hazard.