OSHA Inspection: BROADWAY CONTRACTING LLC.

Issued

Jan 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    On or about October 30, 2014, at the job site located at 992 E Henri De Tonti in Springdale, Arkansas where employees were installing insulation and standing seam metal roofing, the employees were using a personnel platform mounted on a Gehl Model 553, extendible boom, rough terrain fork lift, that was not approved by the manufacturer for lifting personnel, to access the roof of the building. These conditions exposed the employees to the hazard of falling approximately 22 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 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.    On or about October 30, 2014, at the job site located at 992 E Henri De Tonti in Springdale, Arkansas, where employees were installing insulation and standing seam metal roofing, the employees were working at the edge of the roofline and were not using any form of fall protection. These conditions exposed the employees to the hazard of falling approximately 22 feet to the ground below.