OSHA Inspection: OSCAR MUNOZ ROOFING

Issued

2016-08-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $3741.00

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):    The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with re-roofing an existing residential home where the roof pitch is greater than 4:12 and the ground to eave height is greater than 6 feet.  The most recent occurrence of this happened on a job site located at 13674 Larimore St. Omaha, NE where the employer had his employees on the roof of an existing residential home without fall protection while re-roofing the house.

Issued

2016-08-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $3741.00

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:   The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with using a ladder to access and egress from the roof of an existing residential home.  The most recent occurrence of this happened on a job site located at 13674 Larimore St. Omaha, NE where the employer had his employees using a Werner aluminum extension ladder as means of access and egress of the roof of an existing residential home they were re-roofing, without having extended the ladder at least three feet over the upper landing surface.