OSHA Inspection: MANUEL LOYA

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $480 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    This violation most recently occurred on November 09, 2012, at a workplace located at 1309 Sierra Drive, Mesquite, TX 75149; where at least four (4) employees used pneumatic nailers and roofing hammers without the use of protective eyewear.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Employees 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:      This violation most recently occurred on November 09, 2012, at a workplace located at 1309 Sierra Drive, Mesquite, TX 75149; where at least four (4) employees worked from the roof structure and was not protected from falling to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee, who was exposed to fall hazards, that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and instruct each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    This violation most recently occurred on November 09, 2012, at a workplace located at 1309 Sierra Drive, Mesquite, TX 75149; where the employer did not train employees in the recognition and avoidance of fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to eliminate those hazards.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):   Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface being accessed:         This violation most recently occurred on November 09, 2012, at a workplace located at 1309 Sierra Drive, Mesquite, TX 75149; where at least four (4) employees used an extension ladder to access the roof structure, and the ladder's side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface being accessed.