OSHA Inspection: KENT HARRIS

Issued

2016-10-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $0.00 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.  On or about October 20, 2016, employees installing insulation board on a low-sloped commercial roof at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

2016-10-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:  On or about October 20, 2016, employees exposed to fall hazards were not trained on how to recognize and mitigate those fall hazards.

Issued

2016-10-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.  On or about October 20, 2016, to access the working level, employees were utilizing a portable metal extension ladder that was not extended three feet above the landing surface.