OSHA Inspection: FIDEL HERNANDEZ

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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 under construction with an approximate 8:12 pitch, workers were performing roofing activities without any type of fall protection.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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:    At the site, on the roof of a two-story, single-family residence under construction with an approximate 8:12 pitch, workers were using a ladder to access and egress a roof to perform roofing activities which did not extend three feet above the landing surface, exposing workers to potential fall hazards.