OSHA Inspection: ENGEN CONTRACTING, INC.

Issued

2022-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3315.00 · Current $1989.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:  Note to paragraph (b)(2)(v): As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e):  On or about January 25, 2022, a worker was exposed to a fall hazard to the ground level below while installing insulation from the basket of a JLG  400S Telescopic Boom Lift without being attached with a lanyard.

Issued

2022-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3315.00 · Current $1989.00 Reduced

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 January 25, 2022, workers were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 6 feet from the ground below while framing on a low-slope roof of a commercial job site without using a fall protection system.