OSHA Inspection: REAL ROOFING & RENOVATIONS

Issued

Sep 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,664 · Current $1,998 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- (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 or about 08/15/2024, along the roof top at 1100 University Avenue, in Rochester, New York, the employer did not enforce the use of fall protection, during the  repairing and installation of KaraFlex coating along the seams of an existing roof.  Employees were engaged in roofing work and exposed to an unprotected edge without the  use of fall protection.  Employees were expose to fall hazards and falling 18 feet to lower levels.  NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED