OSHA Inspection: FERNANDO CARRILLO

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Abate by

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On and before 8/6/13, the employer did not instruct each employee to recognize the hazards associated with roofing and construction work, such as electrical, eye, fire or fall hazards, and the methods to with which to eliminate or avoid the hazards by the use of PPE, proper use of tools and equipment, or fall protection methods.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.     On 8/6/13 employees working with and in close proximity to nail guns and a leaf blower were not wearing or provided with safety glasses.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 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):     On 8/6/13 employees reroofing a single story house, attached garage and a detached shed were not using any form of fall protection.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Abate by

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  On 8/6/13, employees roofing a home were not trained to be to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to minimize the hazards. Employees at the site were not able to recognize the need for fall protection, the methods to properly set up personal fall arrest systems, or to inspect fall protection systems for damage or missing components.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $650 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:      On 8/6/13 an employee performing roofing work was standing on the top half of an extension ladder that had been separated from the base section and the rails of the ladder were sinking into the ground under the weight of the employee.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Abate by

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   On 8/6/13, employees using ladders were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the ladders, and proper procedures to be followed.  Employees at the site were misusing ladders, had damaged ladders on site, and were not able to recognize or understand the hazards associated with the misuse or damage.