OSHA Inspection: DANIEL ALVIDREZ

Issued

Sep 11, 2013

Abate by

Sep 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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):   The employer is failing to protect workers from fall hazards.  Workers were observed re-roofing the roof of a residential style construction site (house) without any form of fall protection.  The workers were exposed to falls of over 8 feet to sidewalk, dirt and stones below.

Issued

Sep 11, 2013

Abate by

Oct 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:   The employer is failing to provide employees with adequate and effective fall protection training prior to allowing them to work on a residential style roof.  This training would allow each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and allow them to understand the proper procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.