OSHA Inspection: ERIC FLORES

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1):     "Unprotected sides and edges." Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    (a) Employees setting roof trusses from the exterior top plate were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13 feet.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v):     A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.  Note to paragraph (b)(2)(v): As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e).    (a)  Employees conducting carpentry operations  from a Snorkellift aerial lift were not protected from a fall/thrown hazard by using a safety harness and lanyard attached to the lift.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.      (a)  An employee operating an air nail gun was not wearing safety glasses to protect from potential eye injuries.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.251(a)(2)(i):     Rigging equipment (i.e. Chains, and slings) did not have permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load;    (a) A chain used for overhead lifting on the job site did not have permanently affixed and legible markings that indicated the recommended safe working load.    (b) A nylon sling used for dragging material on the job site did not have permanently affixed and legible markings that indicated the recommended safe working load.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)        (a)  A competent person did not perform frequent and regular inspectiions of the job site, materials, and equipment. This exposed employees to a struck-by hazard from a truss collapse.