OSHA Inspection: CHIPPEWA ROOFING, LLC

Issued

2017-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1521.00 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 August 24, 2017 the employer failed to ensure that employees engaged in commercial roofing tasks were protected from falling to the ground below. All three employees were working or performing tasks on a low slope roof without the use of warning lines or safety monitoring system.