OSHA Inspection: JOHN S. LAPP

Issued

May 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 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) Roof, Commercial Establishment, 500 Bloom Street, Danville, PA - Employees on the low sloped roof of a commercial establishment engaged in replacing the roof were not protected from falling. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard that ranged from twenty one-foot (21') to thirty five-foot (35') above the asphalt or concrete at ground level, as observed on or about April 21, 2015.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is not required for this violation. The hazardous condition was corrected during the inspection.

Issued

May 4, 2015

Abate by

May 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.  a) Northwest Corner, Commercial Establishment, 500 Bloom Street, Danville, PA - Employees used a fiberglass extension ladder for roof access and egress that extended eighteen-inches (18") above the top of the roof. Employees were exposed to a twenty one-foot (21') fall hazard, as observed on or about April 21, 2015.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation.