OSHA Inspection: MANUEL GUAMAN

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall and struck by hazards where the employer failed to ensure that the jobsite was inspected by a competent person on a frequent and regular basis.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:  a. Unit 32- Two employees operating pneumatic nail guns were exposed to eye puncture and blindness where eye protection was not worn.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 11, 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):   a. Units 31 and 32- Employees working from the roofs were not protected from a fall of approximately 8 feet.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c)(3): Inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding or skill:  a. Site- Employees using personal fall arrest equipment did not recognize and understand the proper use and limitations of the equipment.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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. Unit 32- Employees accessing the roof from a ladder were exposed to a fall hazard where the ladder extended less than one rung above the landing surface.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a. Unit 32- Employees accessing the roof were exposed to a fall hazard where the fly section of an unmarked extension ladder was used to access the roof without its lower half.