OSHA Inspection: ELI DONES

Issued

Apr 27, 2023

Abate by

May 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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 January 6 2023, at the jobsite located at S47W23950 Lawnsdale Rd, Waukesha WI, employees were performing roofing work on a single story commercial building with a pitch of 4:12 with a fall height of approximately 12 feet 7 inches without any fall protection in place, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard.  (b) On or about January 6 2023, at the jobsite located at S47W23950 Lawnsdale Rd, Waukesha WI, an employee was using a leaf blower to blow off snow on the flat roof portion and 4:12 pitch portion of a single story commercial building  with a fall height of approximately 12 feet 7 inches without any fall protection in place, thereby exposing the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

Apr 27, 2023

Abate by

May 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head:   (a) On or about January 6 2023, at the jobsite located at S47W23950 Lawnsdale Rd, Waukesha WI, employees were performing roofing work while tied off to their D ring on their harnesses on a single story commercial building with a pitch of 4:12 with a fall height of approximately 12 feet 7 inches.

Issued

Apr 27, 2023

Abate by

May 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   (a) On or about January 6 2023, at the jobsite located at S47W23950 Lawnsdale Rd, Waukesha WI, employees were  performing roofing work on a single story commercial building with a pitch of 4:12 with a fall height of approximately 12 feet 7 inches without any fall protection in place, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard. Employees did not have fall protection training.