OSHA Inspection: AMB SHEET METAL SERVICES INC

Issued

2020-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2892.00 · Current $2892.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part; such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.  On July 29, 2020 at 1000 N Bluemound Drive in Appleton, Wisconsin, the employer did not ensure that a competent person was performing frequent and regular inspections that could have recognized the fall from elevation hazards associated with employees using an extension ladder to access a roof edge without guidelines installed as a path to a warning line system and an employee walking between the warning line system and unprotected roof edge without properly donned harness-D-ring at waist level.

Issued

2020-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be 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.  On July 29, 2020 at 1000 N Bluemound Drive in Appleton, Wisconsin, an employee was installing roofing materials between a warning line system and the roof edge twenty-three feet above surface level without utilizing a safety monitor and/or conventional fall protection equipment.

Issued

2020-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): Personal fall arrest systems; the attachment point of the body harness shall be located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.  On July 29, 2020 at 1000 N Bluemound Drive in Appleton, Wisconsin, an employee was utilizing a personal fall arrest system for work between a warning line system and roof edge twenty-three feet above surface level without the harness D-ring located between the shoulder blades; the D-ring was positioned near the waistline.

Issued

2020-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(iii):  Warning line systems [See 1926.501(b)(10)] and their use shall comply with the following provision:  Points of access, materials handling areas, storage areas, and hoisting areas shall be connected to the work area by an access path formed by two warning lines.  On July 29, 2020 at 1000 N Bluemound Drive in Appleton, Wisconsin, no warning lines installed between a roof warning line system and the access/egress ladder; employees were walking between the warning line and unprotected roof edge twenty-three feet above surface level without utilizing fall protection equipment.