OSHA Inspection: FLAVIANO TOVAR ROOFING

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Sep 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)  The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    1)  At the job site, exposed employees were unable to recognize the following hazards:       a)  Working within 10 feet of a live, overhead power line       b)  Using an orange flexible extension cord that was inot designed for hard or extra-hard usage       c)  Using a yellow flexible extension cord whose path to ground was not continuous

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Sep 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6)  The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:    1) At the jobsite, the yellow flexible cord used to power the Dewalt circular saw was not equipped with a grounding pin.

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Sep 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(J)  Extension cord sets used with portable electric tools and appliances were not designed for hard or extra-hard usage:    1)  At the jobsite, the orange flexible cord used to power a blower was not designed for hard or extra-hard usage.

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Sep 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)  Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:    1)  At the jobsite, employees were removing preexisting roofing material on a residential roof adjacent to a live overhead power line.

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:    1)  At the jobsite employees removing preexisting roofing material from a residential roof were not wearing or using any form of conventional fall protection.  The roof's slope was approximately 24 degrees from the horizontal or 5:12.  The ground to eave height over the front door was measured at approx. 9 ft.  The ground to eave height at the rear of the house was approximately 15 ft.

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)  Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    1)  At the jobsite the side rails belonging to a portable ladder used by employees to gain access to and egress from the residential roof were approximately 1 foot above the rake.