Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

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: 13524 NW Industrial Dr., Bridgeton: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions. The employees are permitted to work on roofs over 6 feet above ground level without using any forms of fall protection systems. On 04/10/2019 an employee who did not use any fall protection systems worked on a roof which was approximately 20 feet from ground level. The employer, R & A Contracting, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard CFR 1926. 501 (b) (10) which was contained in OSHA inspection number1229378, citation number 01, item number 01 and was affirmed as a final order on 06/05/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 21 Meramec Heights, Arnold, MO 63010.