OSHA Inspection: TOTAL HOME CONTRACTORS ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2015-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11):  Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  (a). At building #1 three employees on a 5:12 pitched roof were not using a completed personal fall arrest system to protect them from a 15-foot fall hazard, in that, no lanyard and life line was being used, on or about March 24, 2015.

Issued

2015-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  (a). At building #3 the extension ladder used by employees to again access onto the 5:12 pitched roof was positioned 16 inches above the landing exposing the employees to a 15-foot fall hazard from the ladder during access and egress to the ground below, on or about March 24, 2015.