OSHA Inspection: DANS ROOFING

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $612 Reduced

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):     (a)  Employees conducting roofing activities on a roof with a 5:12 pitch were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 9.1 feet.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Sep 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

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:    (a)  The employer did not ensure that employees exposed to fall hazards had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazards associated with their work.