OSHA Inspection: LUIS LOJA

Issued

Feb 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,404 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502.    (a) 555 Pleasant Street, Watertown, Ma    On or about 1/31/2014, employees were  not protected from falling while working on a roof greater than six feet above a lower level.

Issued

Feb 26, 2014

Abate by

Apr 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,404 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) Location: On the Rooftop of structure     On or about 1/31/14, the employer did not provide adequate training for the employees who might be exposed to fall hazards.