OSHA Inspection: ISRAEL CHAVEZ

Issued

Jan 2, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    At jobsite located at 11609 W. 154th St, Overland Park, KS, an employee was working below overhead work without a hardhat.  Employee was exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Jan 2, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    At jobsite located at 11609 W. 154th St, Overland Park, KS, an employee using a pneumatic nail gun to perform roofing work was not wearing eye protection, exposing the employee to eye injury.

Issued

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     At 11609 W. 154th St, Overland Park, KS, an employee(s) engaged in framing work on a 6 in 12 sloped roof was not protected by fall protection, exposing the employee to falls of up to 13 feet from the eave to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 2, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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:    Jobsite located at 11609 W. 154th St, Overland Park, KS, employee(s) accessed a roof using an extension ladder that did not extend three feet above the eave and the ladder was not secured at the top, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 2, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees  using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:    At 11609 W. 154th St, Overland Park, KS, an employee climbed a ladder, while carrying wood sheathing, exposing the employee to falls of approximately 13 feet to the ground below.