OSHA Inspection: ABOVE BROTHERS ROOFING, INC

Issued

Aug 23, 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, 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 or about 07/31/2019 employees at the Toyo Restaurant roofing project were exposed to approximately 15' falls.  Employees were engaged in roofing activities without fall protection.

Issued

Aug 23, 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 or about 07/31/2019 employees at the Toyo Restaurant roofing project were exposed to approximately 18' falls.  Employees' ladder did not extend at least three feet above the landing.