OSHA Inspection: JOHN PALMER

Issued

2015-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 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.  a) 10 Whedon Road Bldg. 103, on or about 10/7/2015: Employees were performing roofing work on a flat roof of an apartment building more than six feet high without using any type of fall protection, employees were exposed to a fall hazard.