OSHA Inspection: JESUS MARTINEZ-LOPEZ

Issued

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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):    Lot 24: The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of over thirty feet while walking and working from the building top plates installing roof framing without the use of fall protection systems on a newly constructed residential home.

Issued

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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:    Southside of building, 2nd level deck of residential building: The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 9.5 feet above the ground due to a portable ladder being used improperly with the side rails extended less than a foot above the landing.