OSHA Inspection: NAZARIO GOMEZ

Issued

Sep 28, 2012

Abate by

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 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:    a) On the roof of Bullock Habersham Townhomes, the employer did not provide training on the hazards of falling from heights and preventives measures for five employees working at a height of twenty four feet seven inches above ground level, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Sep 28, 2012

Abate by

Oct 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.      a) On the roof of Bullock Habersham Townhomes, the employer did not ensure that employees were working with an extension ladder extended 3 feet above the upper landing, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph     a) On the roof of Bullock Habersham Townhomes, the employer did not ensure that fall protection was in place for employees replacing shingles at a height in excess of twenty four feet, seven inches above ground level, exposing them to a fall hazard.	    NAZARIO GOMEZ WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 314208141, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 001, ISSUED ON MAY 3, 2011, WITH RESPECT TO A  WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 4140 JODECO ROAD, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA.