OSHA Inspection: NEW SOUTH ROOFING, INC.

Issued

May 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,042 Reduced

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):   a. On or about April 13, 2017, an employee was working to install roofing components on the third story, 6:12 pitch steep roof of a new construction, multi-family, apartment building at the Arbor Crossing at Buck Lake apartment complex in Tallahassee, Florida without the use of fall protection while exposed to fall hazards in excess of 24-foot to the ground below.

Issued

May 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,079 · Current $1,847 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:  a. On or about April 13, 2017, at the Arbor Crossing new construction apartment building site, the portable extension ladder used by employees was not extended at least 3-foot above the upper landing surface, exposing employees to 24-foot fall hazards.