OSHA Inspection: URBANX, INC.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    (a) UrbanX, Inc. on or about August 07, 2015, at the address of 520 Madison Ave. Toledo, OH: The employer did not have a plan or program to identify job site hazards which assists employees in maintaining a safe working environment.  Such programs would support the employer and employees in identify and avoiding potential hazards such as, but not limited to falls during roofing operations, decreasing the probability of employee injury and/or illness.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a)  UrbanX, Inc. on or about August 07, 2015, at the address of 520 Madison Ave. Toledo, OH: The employer did not ensure that employees had been trained in the appropriate use of fall protection such as but not limited to the use of personal fall arrest systems or alternative measures while performing low-sloped roofing operations.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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) UrbanX, Inc. on or about August 07, 2015, at the address of 520 Madison Ave. Toledo, OH: The employer failed to ensure employees were protected from falls while performing roofing activities atop a low sloped commercial structure. Employees removing old roofing material (build-up) from atop the structure were exposed to an approximate 120 ft. fall to the ground below.