OSHA Inspection: CHRISTOPHER H. COLLINS

Issued

Oct 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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)  222 Newton & Sparta Road, Andover, NJ.     Employees were observed walking/working on low-slope roof without any means of fall protection being used or the use of a combination of warning line system. The employees were exposed to fall hazard of approximately 15 feet to the ground.