OSHA Inspection: RUS ROOFING, INC.

Issued

Nov 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(11): Lifelines shall be protected against being cut or abraded.     Located along various areas of the residential structures step pitched roof employees observed performing roofing activities exposed to fall arrest conditions from unprotected sides or edges of the roof were utilizing climbing harnesses with connector attached repelling rope vertical lifelines which were anchored around the inside peak of the structures prefabricated trusses and did not have the repelling rope lifelines protected from abrasion against the edges of the truss, truss plates and roof sheeting exposing employees to lifeline failure and fall potentials in excess of 21 feet.

Issued

Nov 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body belt shall be located in the center of the wearer's back. The attachment point of the body harness shall be located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.    Located along various areas of the residential structures step pitched roof employees observed performing roofing activities exposed to fall arrest conditions from the unprotected sides or edges of the roof were utilizing climbing half harnesses with frontal connector non-shock absorbed attached repelling rope vertical lifelines.

Issued

Nov 20, 2017

Abate by

Jan 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.    Located along various areas of the residential structures step pitched roof employees observed performing roofing activities exposed to fall arrest conditions from unprotected sides or edges of the roof were utilizing climbing half harnesses with frontal connector non-shock absorbed attached repelling rope vertical lifelines  anchored around the inside peak of the structures prefabricated trusses and did not have the repelling rope lifelines protected from abrasion against the edges of the truss, truss plates and roof sheeting exposed to fall potentials in excess of 21 feet who were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and were not knowledgeable of the procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards.

Issued

Nov 20, 2017

Abate by

Jan 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(v): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and stairways had been trained by a competent person in the standards contained in Subpart X:    Located along the front area of the residential structure employees were gaining access to the roof level of the structure by utilizing a non-self-supporting Keller model 4032 type 1 aluminum extension ladder erected at an angle in excess of half the distance between the foot and top support of the ladder and was not was not secured from displacement or protected by barricade exposing employees to a fall potential in excess of 21 feet who were not trained on the standards contained in Subpart X.

Issued

Nov 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders shall be used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder is approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support).     Located along the front area of the residential structure employees were gaining access to the roof level of the structure by utilizing a non-self-supporting Keller model 4032 type 1 aluminum extension ladder erected at an angle in excess of half the distance between the foot and top support of the ladder exposing employees to a fall potential in excess of 21 feet.

Issued

Nov 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in any location where they can be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, shall be secured to prevent accidental displacement, or a barricade shall be used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder.     Located along the front area of the residential structure employees were gaining access to the roof level of the structure by utilizing a non-self-supporting Keller model 4032 type 1 aluminum extension ladder which was not secured from displacement or protected by barricade exposing employees to a fall potential in excess of 21 feet.