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

Changed to: 1926.20(f)(1) Personal protective equipment. Standards in this part requiring the employer to provide personal protective equipment (PPE), including respirators and other types of PPE, because of hazards to employees impose a separate compliance duty with respect to each employee covered by the requirement. The employer must provide PPE to each employee required to use the PPE, and each failure to provide PPE to an employee may be considered a separate violation. 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Employees 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 systems: On 3/25/2019, an employee of John Beal Inc. was working on the roof of a residential building located at 2101 Preston Woods Parkway, Lake Saint Louis, MO. The Employee was replacing a section of shingles approximately 20 feet above a lower level. Guardrail systems, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system was not utilized. The employee was observed on the roof of the building without fall protection. John Beal Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in case Secretary of Labor vs John Beal Inc.; OSHRC docket numbers 17-0808; 17-0809; 17-0810; 17-0812; 17-0814; 17-0816 and was affirmed as a final order on 9/10/2018. John Beal Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1289350, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 3/26/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 105 East First Street, O'Fallon, Illinois.