OSHA Inspection: ROBINSON TOBAR

Issued

2025-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $398.00 · Current $398.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) Citation 1, Item 1a: a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) with an abatement date of August 5, 2025.  (b) Citation 1, Item 1b: a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.502(a)(2) with an abatement date of August 5, 2025.  (c) Citation 1, Item 2a: a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.502(d) with an abatement date of August 5, 2025.  (d) Citation 1, Item 2b: a serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17) with an abatement date of August 5, 2025.  (e) Citation 2, Item 1: an other-than-serious violation of 29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1) with an abatement date of August 5, 2025.

Issued

2025-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $4256.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was 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) Roof of residential garage; On or about March 7, 2025, fall protection systems were not used during reroofing operations at heights of 7 feet, 11 inches and greater above the ground.

Issued

2025-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(a)(2): The employer did not provide and install all fall protection systems required by this subpart for employee(s) and did not comply with all other pertinent requirements of this subpart before employee(s) began the work that necessitates the fall protection:  (a) Roof of residential garage; On or about March 7, 2025, the employer did not provide fall protection systems for each worker and ensure fall protection systems were installed before workers began performing reroofing operations of tearing off roofing material at heights of 7 feet, 11 inches and greater above the ground.

Issued

2025-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $4256.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d): The employer used body belts as part of a personal fall arrest system:   (a) Roof of residential garage; On or about March 7, 2025, a roofing laborer was permitted to use waist level attachment points at the front/side on a body belt (climber style, hip-harness) as part of his personal fall arrest system during roofing material tear off activities on a sloped roof at heights of 7 feet, 11 inches and greater above the ground.  Note: As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (Sec. 1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a positioning device system for vertical surfaces, such as working on a wall, is regulated under Sec. 1926.502(e).

Issued

2025-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Roof of residential garage; On or about March 7, 2025, the front/side connection point on a climber style harness (hip-harness) was used as an attachment point for fall protection during roofing material tear off activities on a sloped roof at heights of 7 feet, 11 inches and greater above the ground.

Issued

2025-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify fall protection training by preparing a written certification record:  (a)	Roof of residential garage; On or about  March 7, 2025, and dates prior, a written record was not developed to document that fall protection training was provided to each worker before they were exposed to potential fall hazards while performing elevated roofing activities.

Issued

2025-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  (a) Roof of residential garage; On or about March 7, 2025, the side rails of an aluminum ladder did not extend at least 3 feet past the roof edge (upper landing surface).  The ladder was leaned up against the eave and only extended 2 feet above the upper landing.