OSHA Inspection: WATERTIGHT SOLUTIONS

Issued

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,932 · Current $1,159 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 east side of the work site, employees engaged in roofing activities on a commercial building were not protected with the use of a flag system or personal fall arrest system and exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,449 · Current $869 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): 29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi):Section 603E Industrial truck(s)  American National Standards Institute, B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks, as adopted by 29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): When a truck was left unattended, load engaging means were not fully lowered, controls were not neutralized, power was not shut off, brakes were not set, and the key or connector plug was not removed.   On the south east side of the building, the employer allowed the forklift with the forks with trash bucket elevated to be unattended while installing roofing material on the roof.