OSHA Inspection: EDWIN VENTURA

Issued

2013-12-06 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) Roof, new residential construction located at 3870 Fisher Drive, Smyrna, GA 30082. Employee engaged in residential framing activities on a 12/12 pitched roof at eave heights of approximately 11'10" was exposed to falls to the lower level when a fall protection system was not used.