OSHA Inspection: ABC ROOFING CORP.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

May 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  On or about 06 March 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, nine employees were performing roofing work on an existing 9 story apartment building without the employer conducting a jobsite inspection before allowing the employees to commence the work, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 50 feet in height.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

May 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 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 06 March, 2015, on the above addressed job site, nine employees were installing the fiber glass and insulation on the roof of an existing 9 story apartment building, without the use of fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of up to approximately 50 feet in height.