OSHA Inspection: GELASIO HERNANDEZ MAYA

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  On or about February 27, 2014, at 1303 York Drive, Grovetown, Georgia:  Two employees performing framing work were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling tools and materials from the employees working above them when they did not wear head protection.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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 or about February 27, 2014, at 1303 York Drive, Grovetown, Georgia:  Three employees performing framing work were exposed to struck-by hazards from wood chips and nails when they used nail guns without wearing eye protection.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Moving part(s) of equipment exposed to contact by employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:  On or about February 27, 2014, at 1303 York Drive, Grovetown, Georgia:  An employee performing framing work was exposed to amputation hazard from rotating belts and pulleys when he worked near a Hitachi Koki 1.5hp air compressor that did not have the guard installed.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · 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 or about February 27, 2014, at 1303 York Drive, Grovetown, Georgia:      a) Two employees performing framing work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 16.9-feet when they           worked from the top plate of the second floor without using fall protection.       b) An employee performing framing work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10.7-feet when he worked          at the unprotected edge of the house without using fall protection.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:  On or about February 27, 2014, at 1303 York Drive, Grovetown, Georgia:  Three employees performing framing work were exposed to fall hazards ranging from approximately 10.7-feet to 16.9-feet when the employer did not instruct the employees how to recognize and minimize fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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:  On or about February 27, 2014, at 1303 York Drive, Grovetown, Georgia:  Three employees performing framing work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 9.8-feet when they used an approximately 10-foot aluminum ladder that could not be extended above the second floor landing.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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 or about February 27, 2014, at 1303 York Drive, Grovetown, Georgia:  Three employees performing framing work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 9.8-feet when the employer did not instruct the employees how to recognize and minimize fall hazards associated with ladder use.