OSHA Inspection: ARMANDO TERRAZAS

Issued

Mar 8, 2012

Abate by

Mar 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  (a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATION(S) AND/OR CONDITIONS)(DESCRIBE HAZARD(S) WHERE NECESSARY)      Employees performing reroofing work were not wearing or provided with safety glasses.

Issued

Mar 8, 2012

Abate by

Mar 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    Employees were not trained to recognize when fall protection was needed and were not trained to don personal fall arrest systems without help.

Issued

Mar 8, 2012

Abate by

Mar 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor  did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502.    Employees were performing reroofing work without fall protection of any kind.

Issued

Mar 8, 2012

Abate by

Mar 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(3):     Ladders shall not be loaded beyond the maximum intended load for which they were built, nor beyond their manufacturer's rated capacity.    When climbing down from the roof more than one employee was on the ladder at one time.

Issued

Mar 8, 2012

Abate by

Mar 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9):     The area around the top and/or bottom of a ladder was not kept clear:    The bottom of the ladder was against the porch guardrail which did not allow enough space for employees to get to the landing surface.  Employees had to step off of the ladder onto the guardrail and then jump down to the deck.

Issued

Mar 8, 2012

Abate by

Mar 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards:    Employees were not trained to recognize ladder hazards as evidenced by incorrect ladder set up, misuse of the ladder by having more than one person on it at a time, and the Employer not providing documentation of training.