OSHA Inspection: DANIEL CASTILLO

Issued

2015-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:  On the roof of a residential dwelling under construction, employees were not protected from fall hazards 6 feet or more above the ground level by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure.  Employees were laying shingles on a roof where the overhang was approximately 9 feet 3 inches above ground level. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.