OSHA Inspection: THE ROOFING GUYS

Issued

2021-02-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $90111.00 · Current $57500.00 Reduced

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)  At the jobsite, on the roof, on or about  8/5/20:  Workers were installing roofing materials on a 6:12 pitch roof with a ground to eave height of 20 feet, and without fall protection of any kind.