OSHA Inspection: STEEL CITY GUTTERS, LLC.

Issued

Nov 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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.    (a) Jobsite- 1215 Henderson Avenue, Washington, PA: On or about October 30, 2014, employees were observed replacing a low-slope rubber roof with an approximate fall hazard of 20 feet from ground to eve of the roof without the appropriate fall protection.

Issued

Nov 3, 2014

Abate by

Dec 22, 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) Jobsite- 1215 Henderson Avenue, Washington, PA: On or about October 30, 2014, employees observed working on a low-slope roof with a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet were not provided with fall hazard training.