OSHA Inspection: JOSE ALFARO RANFEL

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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.    At the site, on the roof of a two-story single-family residence, where workers were replacing roofing shingles without fall protection, workers were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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:    At the site, on the roof of a two-story single-family residence, where workers were replacing roofing shingles and were using cushions in lieu of fall protection, the workers were exposed to fall hazards.