OSHA Inspection: TARRANT ROOFING, LLC

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Abate by

Mar 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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 and 50-feet (15.25 m) wide or less, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety nets, personal fall arrest systems or a combination of warning line system and guardrail systems.     On the west side of the church, the front lower wing, employees performing roofing activity on a roof with a pitch of 4 in 12 without fall protection exposing the employees to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Abate by

Mar 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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 south side of the church, the front lower wing, employees performing roofing activity were gaining access to an extension ladder that was not properly positioned of having 3 feet above the landing exposing the employees to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet to the ground below.