OSHA Inspection: TIDAL WAVE ROOFING, INC.

Issued

Apr 11, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $2,483 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  a. On or about March 6, 2025, at 600 Oak Park Circle, Merritt Island FL: employees were exposed to a 12-foot fall hazard while conducting roofing activities on a 5:12 pitched roof, in that, fall protection was not used.

Issued

Apr 11, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,837 · Current $1,419 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  a. On or about March 6, 2025, at 600 Oak Park Circle, Merritt Island FL: the employer allowed employees to use extension ladders to gain access to the roof and the rails of the ladders did not extend at least three feet above the roof landing to provide safe access exposing employees to a fall hazard of up to 12 feet to the ground below.