OSHA Inspection: LUCIA RAMIREZ

Issued

Sep 13, 2013

Abate by

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers:    (a) Front of new residential construction located at 3722 Ernest Barrett Parkway SW, Marietta, GA: Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards while using an energized junction box which was not provided with a cover over the outlets.

Issued

Sep 13, 2013

Abate by

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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)(13):      a) 3722 Ernest Barrett Parkway SW, Marietta, Ga., On the back side of a residential home, the employer failed to provide fall protection for an employee performing framing activities, approximately 23 feet 6 inches above ground level, exposing the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

Sep 13, 2013

Abate by

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

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 train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.      a) 3722 Ernest Barrett Parkway SW, Marietta, GA., An employee working on the roof of a residential home, was not trained as to the hazards related to falls and preventative measures necessary to minimize fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 13, 2013

Abate by

Sep 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · 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 (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:     a) 1358 Hardy Circle, Dallas, Ga., Two employees accessed a roof by using an extension ladder that was not extended 3 feet above the upper landing surface, exposing employees to fall hazards of 11 feet.