OSHA Inspection: NARKE ROOFING & SHEET METAL

Issued

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,356 · Current $1,414 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 the south side of the construction site, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet while engaged in roofing activities on a commercial building.

Issued

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,413 · Current $848 Reduced

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 east side of the building, employees using an extension ladder that did not have the side rails extended at least 3 feet above the edge of the roof were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 6 feet.