OSHA Inspection: TECTA AMERICA ZERO COMPANY, LLC

Issued

Dec 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be 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 (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.  Located on a commercial low pitch breezeway roof, an employee was observed dumping roofing material over the edge of a 21" high parapet wall into a dump truck below while wearing a personal fall arrest system that was not attached to an appropriate anchorage point.  Potential fall height was measured to be 13'- 6'.