OSHA Inspection: ANNA ALVATORE

Issued

May 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   Employees reroofing the single story house at 114 Westview Rd., Galva, Kansas were exposed to fall hazards of 9 feet 6 inches to the ground below.  No fall protection was being used on the 5 in 12 pitch roof.

Issued

May 28, 2014

Abate by

Jul 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:   Employees reroofing the single story house at 114 Westview Rd., Galva, Kansas were exposed to fall hazards of 9 feet 6 inches to the ground below.  Employees were not trained on fall protection methods and when/how to use it to minimize and eliminate the exposure to a fall.