OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN BLOCK GROUP, INC.

Issued

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2282.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   On or about 11/7/2017, at the above addressed work site, two employees reaching over the edge of a roof  to remove cement block units from the forks of an all-terrain forklift were exposed to a fall hazard due to lack of a fall protection system.  PLEASE NOTE: DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.