OSHA Inspection: OSHKOSH INDUSTRIAL ROOFING & SHEETMETAL LLC

Issued

2021-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3901.00 · Current $2340.00 Reduced

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 March 25, 2021 at 2045 West 20th Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, employees were exposed to fall hazards when engaged in roofing activities without utilizing required fall protection equipment.  Employees were exposed to unprotected roof edges thirty feet above surface level on the east, west and north sides and seventeen feet above a lower roof surface at the northeast corner.

Issued

2021-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(f)(1): The warning line shall be erected around all sides of the roof work area.   On March 25, 2021 at 2045 West 20th Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, employees were using warning lines installed around less than three sides of a roof work area as fall protection for edges thirty feet and seventeen feet above lower surfaces.  There were no warning lines installed for the north side and for part of the east side.

Issued

2021-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(f)(1)(iii):  Warning line systems.  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.   a)  On March 25, 2021 at 2045 West 20th Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, no warning lines were installed between the roof work area warning lines and the top of an access/egress ladder that was positioned on a lower roof surface.  Employees were using the ladder to access/egress the roof edge seventeen feet above the lower roof surface.  b)  On March 25, 2021 at 2045 West 20th Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, no warning lines were installed on a lower roof surface for the access/egress path between the top of a ladder positioned at surface level and the base of a ladder positioned on the lower roof surface.  Employees were walking on the lower roof surface with unprotected edges seventeen feet above surface level.

Issued

2021-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(f)(2)(ii):  Warning lines shall consist of ropes, wires, or chains, and supporting stanchions erected as follows:  the rope, wire, or chain shall be rigged and supported in such a way that its lowest point (including sag) is no less than 34 inches (.9 m) from the walking/working surface and its highest point is no more than 39 inches (1.0 m) from the walking/working surface.  On March 25, 2021 at 2045 West 20th Avenue in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, employees were using warning lines as fall protection for a roof work area thirty feet above surface level with the flag line sagging onto the work surface on the west and south sides of the work area.