OSHA Inspection: JOSE EPHRAIM AVILA

Issued

2012-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1593.00 Reduced

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 11/29/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 10 ft. to the ground level below while replacing timbers on a roof.

Issued

2012-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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 11/29/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 10 ft. to the ground level below while replacing timbers on a roof.

Issued

2012-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1593.00 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:    On or about 11/29/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 ft. to the pavement level below while accessing a ladder that extended approximately 1 ft. beyond the landing to gain access to the roof.

Issued

2012-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(i):  The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the nature of fall hazards in the work area:    On or about 11/29/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 ft. to the pavement level below while accessing a ladder that extended approximately 1 ft. beyond the landing to gain access to the roof.