OSHA Inspection: RONALD A. MOORE

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,200 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) 2501 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Delaware - On or about July 16th, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that all employees working on a low slope roof, approximately twenty-five (25) feet above grade, were protected from fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 2501 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Delaware - On or about July 16th, 2019, the employer failed to provide employees with the training to recognize, evaluate, and mitigate fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,100 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) 2501 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Delaware - On or about July 16, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that the side rails of a ladder used for access to a low-sloped roof of a commercial building extended at least three (3) feet above the landing surface approximately 25 feet above grade, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.252(a): An enclosed chute of wood, or equivalent material, was not used where materials were dropped more than 20 feet to points lying outside the exterior walls of the building(s):  a) 2501 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Delaware - On or about July 16, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that materials or debris was dropped to the ground in an enclosed chute.  While engaged in roofing work, employees were throwing trash and debris off of the roof approximately 25 feet to grade.