OSHA Inspection: GOMEZ LANDSCAPING AND ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $1,360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a)  At Lot 12 Arlington at Stonebridge, Spanish Fort, Alabama:  On or about March 3, 2016 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from a high slope roof without fall protection exposing them to a fall hazard of 9.9 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $1,360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) At Lot 12 Arlington at Stonebridge, Spanish Fort, Alabama:  On or about March 3, 2016 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to use an extension ladder to get on and off the roof and the rails of the ladder did not extend three feet above the landing area exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 9.9 feet to the ground below.