OSHA Inspection: OROZCO CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

2014-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:     On November 22, 2013, Orozoco Construction Inc., was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through written certification that each citation was abated.  Abatement certification was not received for the following violations:         a.    Citation 1 Item 2b, and       b.    Citation 2 Item 1.

Issued

2014-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.    On November 22, 2013, Orozoco Construction Inc., was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through documents that each citation was abated.  Abatement documentation was not received for the following violations:          a.    Citation 1 Item 1a - c, and       b.    Citation 1 Item 2a.

Issued

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(i): When no mechanical equipment was being used the warning line was not erected at least 6 feet (1.8m) from the roof edge:  Employees engaged in roofing activities on a low-sloped roof were exposed to a fall hazard because the warning line system was erected at the edge of the roof.

Issued

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(iii): Points of access, material handling areas, storage areas, and/or hoisting areas were not connected to the work area by an access path formed by two warning lines:   Employees engaged in roofing activities on a low-sloped roof were exposed to a fall hazard when accessing the man-made waste container because the work area was not connected by an access path form by two warning lines.

Issued

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Employees engaged in roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards, and the employer had not instructed the employees in hazard recognition and the applicable regulations to their work environment.

Issued

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    The employer had employees exposed to a fall hazard, while accessing and exiting a commercial roof via an extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-05 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 as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:     Employees performing roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards while accessing the roof via a ladder.  The employer did not provide training for each employee that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.

Issued

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.   The employer did not document the required certification for each operator, which includes:   the operators name, date of the training, date of the evaluation and/or the name of the person conducting the evaluation.