OSHA Inspection: JESUS PALENCIA-RICO

Issued

2012-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $570.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    This violation occurred on June 6, 2012 at a workplace located at 5605 Heron Bay, McKinney, Texas; where employees were walking and working below overhead framing work without wearing hard hats.

Issued

2012-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $570.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not provided when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    This violation occurred on June 6, 2012, at a workplace located at 5605 Heron Bay, McKinney, Texas; where employees operated a circular saw and pneumatic nailers without wearing eye protection.

Issued

2012-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $570.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(d): When the tool was withdrawn from the work, the lower guard did not automatically and instantly return to the covering position:    This violation occurred on June 6, 2012, at a workplace located at 5605 Heron Bay, McKinney, Texas; where employees operated a circular saw that had the lower guard wedged open.

Issued

2012-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $570.00 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:    This violation occurred on June 6, 2012, at a workplace located at 5605 Heron Bay, McKinney, Texas; where at least two employees, who were framing a residential house, were not preotected from falling approximately 18-feet, 9-inches to the lower level.