OSHA Inspection: PREMIER ROOFING & SHEET METAL, L.L.C.

Issued

2018-10-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6467.00 · Current $3880.00 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 June 27, 2018, at 5002 Claycut Road, Baton Rouge, LA, the employer failed to ensure employees working on a roof approximately 17 feet above the ground wore fall protection or were protected by a complete guardrail system.

Issued

2018-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3104.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  On or about June 27, 2018, at 5002 Claycut Road, Baton Rouge, LA, the employer failed to ensure employees were provided fall protection training before conducting roof work approximately 17 above the ground.

Issued

2018-10-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6467.00 · Current $3880.00 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:  On or about June 27, 2018, at 5002 Claycut Road, Baton Rouge, LA, the employer failed to ensure a ladder used to access a roof extended at least 3 feet above the landing surface.