OSHA Inspection: TAD BUSH

Issued

Jan 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,309 · Current $2,309

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 the west side of the commercial building, employees engaged in roofing activities without fall protection were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet to the lower level.

Issued

Jan 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,385 · Current $1,385

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.     On the west side of the commercial building, employees used an extension ladder that did not have the side rails extended at least 3 feet over the edge of the roof.  The employees were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 6 feet.