OSHA Inspection: ROBERTS ROOFING CONSTRUCTION, LP

Issued

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $2800.00 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: 375 Niles Road, Fairfield`, OH. On or about June 9, 2014, an employee working for Roberts Roofing was observed removing shingles on a low slope commercial roof more than 15 feet above the ground below without the use of any fall protection.    The Roberts Roofing was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314456096, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 26, 2010, with respect to a workplace located at 200 Brookwood Ave, Hamilton, OH 45011.