OSHA Inspection: THE PECK HANNAFORD & BRIGGS CO. INC.

Issued

2014-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3000.00 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:    Location: 3900 Vincent Ave, Cincinnati, OH. On or about 6/03/2014, an employee working for The Peck Hannaford & Briggs Co. Inc. was observed standing on a parapet wall of a commercial roof to receive a load hoisted by a crane was exposed to a fall hazard approximately 10 feet above the surface below without the use of any fall protection.