OSHA Inspection: REESE'S ROOFING, INC.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $1,496 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a.  On or about August 16, 2016, an employee was working on the ground below other employees roofing above and was not wearing a hard hat, the employee was exposed to head injury from falling tools and or debris from the roofers above.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Oct 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,483 · Current $5,238 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 are not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor are employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):     a. The employer fails to assure effective protection against falls as an ongoing practice, most recently exemplified by the observed conduct demonstrated on August 16, 2016, when employees are working on a residential roof at 632 Millers Dam Court, Ponte Vedra Beach Florida 32082 without fall protection and are exposed to falls of approximately 8 feet.    Reese's Roofing, Inc., previously committed a serious violation of this standard on February 23, 2012, with respect to a workplace at 926 Florida Blvd., Neptune Beach, FL, which became a final order on April 4, 2012 (Inspection No. 315484782).