OSHA Inspection: HOUSE CRAFTERS INC.

Issued

2022-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2395.00 · Current $1796.00 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:  a) On or about 5/17/2022, at the roof area of the site, Tonawanda, NY. Employee, moving roofing paper from one side of the 3 in 12 roof to the other side, was not protected from falling by fall protection systems. Employee was exposed to fall of 20 feet.  NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED