OSHA Inspection: G & F ROOFING INC.

Issued

Nov 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $3,741

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:  (a) Jobsite:  On or about November 7, 2016, at least one employee was not protected while he was working on a roof.  The fall hazard to the employee was about 27 feet to the ground.

Issued

Nov 14, 2016

Abate by

Nov 25, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,817 · Current $1,817

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c): When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section, the employer is to retrain each such employee such as inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding of skill.    (a) Jobsite:  On or about November 7, 2016, at least one employee needs to be retrained in how to correctly minimize fall hazards when working from a roof.