OSHA Inspection: ASCON LLC

Issued

May 18, 2016

Abate by

Jul 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard:  An employee performing roofing activities were exposed to struck-by/caught between/fall hazards associated with construction type work due to no safety and health programs being developed to address steps necessary to eliminate or reduce those hazards.

Issued

May 18, 2016

Abate by

May 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 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 (1.8 m) 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 safety monitoring system:   At the location of 31224 SW 29th street in Topeka, KS, an employee on top of a building was engaged in patching roof seams were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet.  The employee was not using a fall protection system to prevent a fall to the lower level.