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 (1.8 m) 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: The employer does not protect its employees from the fall hazards inherent in performing roofing work. This was most recently observed on or about July 11, 2014 at a worksite located at 15 Cottage St., Easthampton, MA in that several employees were observed working on the roof of this mill building without any fall protection: (a) Two employees were working on the roof of buildings I, J and K more than 40 feet above the ground below without any fall protection (b) Six employees were stripping the roof of building F more than 25 feet above the ground below without any fall protection. To abate this violation, the employer must provide fall protection equipment to its employees, train them in its proper usage and enforce that usage when employee are exposed to falls in excess of 6 feet while engaged in roofing work. Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).