OSHA Inspection: DON HIXON DBA HIXON BROTHERS CONTRACTING

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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:       An employee working on an approximately 400 foot long by 49 foot wide and 11 foot high flat roof was not protected against falling approximately 11 feet to a lower level.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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:      Five employees were exposed to an approximately 11.5  foot fall due to the use of an extension ladder which did not have the ladder's side rails extend at least 3 feet about the upper landing surface being accessed.