OSHA Inspection: LOUDOUN VALLEY ROOFING

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6468.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a.) 209 Crosswind Road, Charles Town WV:  On or about 08/22/18, employees installing a new shingle roof on a residential home were not protected from falling approximately 25' to the ground below.

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a.)  209 Crosswind Road, Charles Town WV:  On or about 08/22/18, employees performing roofing work on a residential home had not been trained in the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards.

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5173.00 · Current $0.00 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:  a.)  209 Crosswind Road, Charles Town WV:  On or about 08/22/18, the extension ladder used to access the roof did not extend at least 3' above the landing surface.

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  a.)  209 Crosswind Road, Charles Town WV:  On or about 08/22/18,  employees had not been trained how to recognize hazards related to working from ladders.