OSHA Inspection: MARIA GUADALUPE JARAMILIO

Issued

2013-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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):      (a) East and south side of residence, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards ranging approximately from 13-feet, 5-inches to 21-feet, 11-inches while installing a fiberglass asphalt roofing system without fall protection. The employees were working from a steep unprotected roof, 12 in 12 slope, without fall protection.

Issued

2013-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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:     (a) The employer did not train employees engaged in the installation of residential roofing systems, exposing the employees to fall hazards due to the lack of training in the recognition and avoidance of fall hazards.

Issued

2013-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   (a) The employer did not instruct employees to recognize and avoid the hazard of falling from heights while using extension ladders. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while improperly using extension ladders to access the roof of a 2-story single family residence. The side rails of the ladder did not extend at least 3-feet above the upper landing.

Issued

2013-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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 ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:      (a) On the east side of the residence, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards while using an aluminum extension ladder to access the roof of a 2-story single family residence. The side rails of the ladder did not extend at least 3-feet above the upper landing of a steep unprotected roof, 12 in 12 slope, more than 25-feet above ground level.