OSHA Inspection: ERNESTO RIVERA

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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 1366 Lochstone Drive, Powder Springs, GA 30127. Employees were exposed to fall hazards while installing 1/2-inch OSB Plywood Sheathing on a 8/12 pitched roof at eave heights of approximately 18-feet, 5-inches with no fall protection system in place.