OSHA Inspection: OLD SOUTH ROOFING

Issued

2015-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $1360.00

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)  At 861 HWY 231, Wetumpka, AL: On April 2, 2015 and at times prior to; the employer failed to enforce the use of fall protection, exposing employees to falls between 16.5 and 20 feet while applying asphalt shingles on a low slopped roof.