OSHA Inspection: JAVIER RODRIGUEZ

Issued

Aug 29, 2012

Abate by

Sep 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:    On or about 8/24/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8.6 ft. to the unpaved ground level below when removing shingles off a roof pitch 2:12 and not using a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Aug 29, 2012

Abate by

Sep 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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:    On or about 8/24/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8.6 ft. to the unpaved ground level below when removing shingles off a roof pitch 2:12 and not using a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Aug 29, 2012

Abate by

Sep 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    On or about 8/24/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8.6 ft. to the unpaved ground level below when ascending and descending a 6 ft. wooden step ladder to remove shingles on a roof pitch 2:12.

Issued

Aug 29, 2012

Abate by

Sep 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii):  The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling the ladders and/or stairways:    On or about 8/24/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8.6 ft. to the unpaved ground level below when ascending and descending a 6 ft. wooden step ladder to install shingles on a roof pitch 2:12.