The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a building materials supplier $92,226 for repeatedly failing to protect workers from potential fall hazards.
The citation issued to ABC Supply Co. Inc. followed an inspection of a jobsite in Salem where the company was supplying roofing materials.
The inspection reportedly found two employees using a conveyor system to load and distribute roofing materials at a house. One employee at ground level loaded the conveyor while the other employee on the roof took the materials from the conveyor and placed them throughout the roof’s structure. The employee reportedly walked and carried materials on the roof with no fall protection system in place, according to the inspection. The employee was exposed to a potential fall of up to 18 feet to the ground.
The rules require employers to ensure that fall protection systems are provided, installed, and implemented where employees are exposed to a hazard of falling 6 feet or more.
Oregon OSHA conducted the inspection under its prevention-based emphasis program addressing workers exposed to fall hazards. This was the third time since July 2022 that ABC Supply reportedly violated fall protection requirements at jobsites in Oregon. Oregon OSHA issued a penalty of $92,226 for the third repeat violation.
Under Oregon OSHA’s rules, penalties multiply when employers commit repeat offenses. ABC Supply has appealed the citation.
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