Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

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): The employer does not protect each employee from fall hazards while performing roofing activities on residential structures with unprotected sides and edges at height of approximately 22 feet above the ground by the use of guard rail systems, safety net systems, and or personal fall arrest systems. This most recently occurred on November 3, 2020, during the installation of roofing material at a job site located at 173 Applegrove St NE, N. Canton, Ohio 44720; employees are exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 22 feet to the ground while working on a roof of a apartment building installing roofing material without the use of fall protection and or a fall protection system. To abate this hazard in the future, the employer must ensure employees are provided with, and required to use, fall protection in accordance with this standard, and that no employees are permitted to work from elevations until protection is provided. Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect its employees from fall hazards.