OSHA Inspection: AUGUSTIN PUENTES

Issued

Jun 19, 2012

Abate by

Jun 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights) more than 6 feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes.    This violation occurred on May 03, 2012, at a jobsite located at 4047 Childress Avenue, Mesquite, Texas 75150, where at least one (1) employee worked from a roof and was not protected from falling more than 20-feet through skylights to the lower level.

Issued

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet 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. Or, on roofs 50-feet or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.    This violation occurred on March 03, 2012, at the jobsite located at 4047 Childress Avenue in Mesquite, Texas 75150, where at least eight (8) employees performing roofing work were not protected from falling more than 20-feet to the lower level.

Issued

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    This violation occurred on March 03, 2012, at the jobsite located at 4047 Childress Avenue in Mesquite, Texas 75150, where at least eight (8) employees performing roofing work were not protected from falling more than 20-feet to the lower level.

Issued

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:     This violation occurred on May 03, 2012, at a jobsite located at 4047 Childress Avenue in Mesquite, Texas 75150, where the side-rails of the ladder that at least eight (8) employees used to access/egress the two story apartment building did not extend at least 3-feet above the upper landing surface.