OSHA Inspection: SUBURBAN CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1950.00 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:      a) On or about 03/12/19, on the high roof of a building at 225 Louisiana St., Buffalo, NY:  Five employees were on the flat roof of the building engaged in roofing work. The employees were exposed to a fall of approx. 25 ft. because no fall protection system was being utilized.       NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1932.00 · Current $1000.00 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) On or about 03/12/19, on the roof repair jobsite of a building at 225 Louisiana St., Buffalo, NY:  In order to access & exit the lower flat roof on the Louisiana St. side of the building, employees climbed an extension ladder that had been set up on the ground to provide access to that roof. The siderails of that extension ladder were approx. 19 inches above the roof.     b) On or about 03/12/19, on the roof repair jobsite of a building at 225 Louisiana St., Buffalo, NY:  In order to access & exit the higher flat roof from the Louisiana St. side of the building, employees climbed an extension ladder that had been set up on the lower flat roof. The siderails of that extension ladder were approx. 11 inches above the higher roof.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED