OSHA Inspection: SERGIO ESCO CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Abate by

May 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):  The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:      Sergio Esco Construction, Inc. failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:      Citation Number                     Item Number                           Abatement Date  01                                            02                                            12/10/2012  01                                            03a                                          12/10/2012  01                                            03b                                          12/10/2012  01                                            04                                            01/02/2013      In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets:    a)  Employees engaged in hoisting operations exposed to struck-by hazards were not wearing hard hats.    No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  Portable ladder, hook-on ladder, attachable ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, runway, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used to access scaffold platforms more than 2 feet above or below a point of access:    a)  Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18.2 feet while accessing a ladder jack scaffold.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    a)  Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18.2 feet.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a)  Employees performing roofing work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20.4 feet.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:   a)  Employees exposed to fall hazards were not provided the training needed to recognize and correct those hazards.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).