OSHA Inspection: MAURICIO BARRAJAN

Issued

2012-07-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):    The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:     Employees conducting roofing work on a 5 in 12 pitch roof which was over 6 feet from a lower level were exposed to fall hazards, and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.

Issued

2012-07-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):      Employees conducting sheeting work on a 5 in 12 pitch roof were exposed to at least a 10 foot fall and 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.

Issued

2012-07-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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 (b) Note:  If using these systems was infeasible or created a greater hazard, the employer should develop and implement a fall protection plan meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet to the ground below while performing roofing work on the top of a 5 in 12 pitch roof.

Issued

2012-07-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:      The employer's training program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and was insufficient to train each employee in procedures to be followed in order to minimize fall hazards while employees worked on an approximately 10 foot high 5 in 12 pitch roof.

Issued

2012-07-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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 (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    Employees were exposed to approximately 10 foot falls while using an extension ladder which was not extended at least 3 feet over the point of landing.

Issued

2012-07-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Employees are exposed to falls while working with extension ladders which were not extended at least 3 feet above the point of ladder.  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee regarding the proper use of the ladder.