OSHA Inspection: KING'S SLATE ROOF REPAIR

Issued

2016-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  (a) 3405 North Front Street, Harrisburg Pennsylvania - An employee worked on a roof bracket scaffolding removing slate from a roof approximately 20 feet above the ground.  The employer did not ensure that the employee was provided with fall protection, on or about March 17, 2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2016-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

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)  3405 North Front Street, Harrisburg Pennsylvania -An employee worked removing slate from a roof.  The employer did not ensure that employees were using fall protection while on the roof, when exposed to a 20 foot fall hazard, on or about March 17, 2016.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2016-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  (a) 3405 North Front Street, Harrisburg Pennsylvania - Employees worked on a roof 20 feet above the ground, removing slate.  Employees were not trained in the recognition of fall hazard and the procedures necessary to minimize these hazards, on or about March 17, 2016.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2016-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

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) 3405 North Front Street, Harrisburg Pennsylvania - Employees worked removing slate from a roof.  The employer did not ensure that the ladder's side rails extended 3 feet above the roof, on or about March 17, 2016.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.