OSHA Inspection: LONG LIFE ROOFING COMPANY

Issued

2018-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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:  The employer is failing to ensure that all employees exposed to fall hazards while working on a residential roof are utilizing fall protection.  This most recently occurred on August 30, 2018 on the jobsite located on 16212 Western Ave, Omaha, NE 68118.  The company owner and three employees were re-roofing a two-story residential house and not utilizing any form of fall protection.  The house has an eight in twelve steep sloped pitch and ground to eve height is approximately nine feet.

Issued

2018-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:   The employer is failing to ensure that all employees are protected from fall hazards when entering and exiting the landing surface of a residential roof.  This most recently occurred on August 30, 2018 on the jobsite located on 16212 Western Ave, Omaha, NE 68118.  The owner and three employees are using an aluminum extension ladder to enter and exit the roof where the side rails were not extended to at least three feet above the landing surface which is about none feet above the ground.