OSHA Inspection: RUBEN MENDOZA

Issued

Jul 24, 2012

Abate by

Jul 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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.    a) Roof of townhouse: The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 31-feet while installing roofing material, plywood sheathing, without the use of fall protection systems. Employees were working from a steep, 8 in 12, pitched roof without protection from fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 24, 2012

Abate by

Jul 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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) Roof of townhouse: The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 31-feet. The employees exposed to fall hazards of greater than 6-feet had not received training that would enable them to recognize and minimize the hazards associated with falls.