OSHA Inspection: WATERTIGHT EXTERIORS, INC.

Issued

2016-01-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 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.   On January 6, 2016 an employee was not protected from a fall while performing roofing operations on a commercial roof, exposing the employee to a fall of 17.6 feet.   Abatement documentation is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).