OSHA Inspection: SHEPHERD ROOFING AND HOME IMPROVEMENT

Issued

2022-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $500.00 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. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.  A.) On April 19, 2022, employees were exposed to a fall hazard measured to be 15' to the ground when accessing the warning line system from the ladder, while tearing off the existing roof of a low slope commercial roof.

Issued

2022-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1):The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  A.) On or about April 19, 2022,  and prior to that date, employees were not trained in the recognition and avoidance of fall hazards in that they were re-roofing a low slope commercial structure while not utilizing an adequate fall protections system.