Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels is not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, a personal fall arrest system, or an alternative fall protection measure as provided by another provision in paragraph (b) of this section: a. Employees performing roofing work are not protected from fall hazards by the use of a fall protection system. The employer fails to assure effective protections against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on July 12, 2019, when a male employee with a brown hat, a blue & white long sleeve shirt and light colored pants, is working on the north/front slope with hand tools in the process installing wrap on a residential roof with a 7:12 pitch at 2020 Frogmore Drive, Middleburg, Florida and is exposed to an 9 feet 8-inch fall hazard to the ground in that he is not attached to a personal fall protection system.