OSHA Inspection: R & W BUILDER'S, INC.

Issued

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,906 · Current $8,906

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 10/01/2020, the employer did not ensure appropriate fall protection was implemented for employees performing roofing operations on a 4:12 pitch roof that was greater than 50 feet wide.  The employees were exposed to fall hazards associated with an approximately eighteen (18) foot fall.  The employer, R & W Builders, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1301420, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 04/11/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 639 N. Main St., First Command Bank Jobsite, O Fallon, IL 62269.