OSHA Inspection: PRO-BILT BUILDING, INC

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling 16.8 feet to the ground below while working from a platform which had been lifted from ground level to roof level on the forks of an Genie, Model Number GTH 644, rough terrain fork lift.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 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:    Employees working from a 4 in 12 pitch roof were exposed to falls greater than 16 feet to a lower level. Employees were 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 any other approved means.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:      The employer did not ensure portable ladders were constructed and placed so three (3) feet or more was extended above the upper landing.  Employees performing residential roofing operations were exposed to falling approximately 16 feet while using an extension ladder to ascend/descend to the roof.