OSHA Inspection: CABLE'S ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2016-11-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $1871.00 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 (1.8 m) or more above lower levels 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, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.    (a) Employees performing roofing work were exposed to fall hazard to the lower level and were not protected by the use of a personal fall arrest system or safety net system