OSHA Inspection: HOMERO BADILLO

Issued

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $1360.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.28(a):     The employer is responsible for requiring the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions or where this part indicates the need for using such equipment to reduce the hazards to the employees.    a. On the south/east side of the building where employees were subjected to overhead hazards while erecting a scaffold, employees were not wearing hard hats, thereby being exposed to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $1700.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v):     A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.  Note to paragraph (b)(2)(v): As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e).    a. On the east side of the building where employees were erecting the scaffold, an employee's fall arrest lanyard was not connected to an anchorage point in the basket of the aerial lift, thereby exposing the employee to a fall hazard.