OSHA Inspection: REYNALDO MARTINEZ

Issued

Apr 10, 2017

Abate by

Apr 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

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)Motel 6, Hope Hull, AL:  Employer failed to ensure employees were using fall protection, guardrail system or a roof monitor while working on a 4/12 pitched roof at a height of approximately 13 feet from concrete surface below.

Issued

Apr 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

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.   a)Motel 6, Hope Hull, AL:  Employer failed to ensure employees using portable ladder to access roof had the ladder extended 3 feet over the roof edge.