OSHA Inspection: AMERICA SIDING & GUTTERS, INC.

Issued

2019-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2842.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:  (a) New townhome construction located on Lots 4 and 5, Roof: On or about 08/22/2109, and at times prior, the employer exposed an employee to fall hazards of 10-feet to the lower level, in that a fall protection system was not provided to employees installing shutters on the 2/12 pitched lower roof.