OSHA Inspection: MARLON SOBALVARRO

Issued

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $1020.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a):     During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form and scrap lumber with protruding nails, and all other debris, shall be kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures.      (a)  Construction Site - On or about December 13, 2012 employees were exposed to multiple fall and nail puncture hazards from wood boards and wood boards with nails protruding from them. Wood boards and wood boards with nails were lying all over the job site. Employees were observed walking over wood board with nails.

Issued

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    (a) Roof Backside - On or about December 13, 2012 employees were exposed to a flying object hazard while using a nail gun.  None of the employees were wearing protection eye wear.  The employer did not provide safety glasses to his employees.

Issued

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2):     Belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating or moving parts of equipment shall be guarded if such parts are exposed to contact by employees or otherwise create a hazard. Guarding shall meet the requirements as set forth in American National Standards Institute, B15.1-1953 (R1958), Safety Code for Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus.    (a)  Rear of House - On or about December 13, 2012 employees were exposed to an amputation hazard while using an air compressor with belts and pulleys fully exposed. There was no guard to prevent employees from getting into nip point.

Issued

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11):     "Steep roofs." Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.      (a) Roof Backside - On or about December 13, 2012 employees were exposed to fall hazard while working on the 8/10 pitch roof 12 feet above the ground with no guardrail system or person fall arrest system.

Issued

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.      (a) Roof Backside and Roof Rightside - On or about December 13, 2012 employees were exposed to fall hazard while using three aluminum extension ladders that were not extended 3 feet above landing nor were ladders secured to building.