OSHA Inspection: SMS INDUSTRIES

Issued

2022-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $2176.00 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 February 22, 2022 employees at the Wapping Elementary School roofing project were exposed to approximately 18' falls while engaged in commercial roofing activities without fall protection.

Issued

2022-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(w)(2):Scaffold casters and wheels were not locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold was used in a stationary manner:  On or about February 22, 2022 employees at the Wapping School roofing project were engaged in roofing activities from a baker scaffold with unlocked wheels.

Issued

2022-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed.  On or about February 22, 2022 employees at the Wapping School roofing project were using  a stepladder in a way it was not designed.  Ladder was used with the locking devices not engaged.