OSHA Inspection: DIEGO CARRERAS

Issued

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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)  On May 7, 2013 and at times prior; the employer failed to provide eye protection to employees working with a nail gun.

Issued

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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 was not guarded if such parts are exposed to contact by employees or otherwise create a hazard.    a)  On or about May 7, 2013  and at times prior; the employer exposed employees to caught-in hazards while operating an air compressor that did not have proper guarding for the rotating belt and pulley.

Issued

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Residential construction. Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure.   a) On or about May 7, 2013  and at times prior; the employer did not ensure a fall protection method was implemented and/or used while an employee was working at the roof area (installing shingles) which exposed the employee to falls of 8 feet from the eave to the ground below.

Issued

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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)  On or about May 7, 2013 and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure a portable extension ladder used on site by employees was extended at least three feet above the landing area exposing them to fall hazards of 8 feet to the ground below.