OSHA Inspection: LOPEZ CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2014-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.  The employer failed to provide information certifying the abatement of the following cited hazards:  a.  Employees were not instructed on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, and the regulations applicable to their environment to control or eliminate any hazards.  b.  Employees were not familiar with the OSHA scaffolding standards and those requirements.  c.  Employees exposed to fall hazards were not trained on how to recognize and mitigate those hazards.  d.  Employees were not familiar with the OSHA ladder/stairway standards and the requirements held within.  e.  Employees were installing siding from a pump jack scaffolding system that was not equipped with mud sills.  f.  Employees were accessing the working level via a staircase that contained more than four risers without a handrail or stairrail system.  g.  Employees were using portable extension ladders, which were not extended three feet passed the landing surface, to access the working level (roof / scaffolding).  h.  Employees were using a portable fiberglass ladder that contained structural defects.

Issued

2014-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, 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.  The employer failed to provide abatement documentation for the following cited hazards:  a.  Employees working from a pump jack scaffolding system installing siding at a height greater than ten feet were not protected from falling to lower levels.  b.  Employees working from a residential deck / roof installing siding at a height greater than six feet were not protected from falling.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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:    The employees were not knowledgeable with the recognition, avoidance of unsafe conditions, and the regulations on topics such as but not limited to: fall protection, scaffolding, and ladder / stairways.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    The employees on site were not familiar with the OSHA scaffolding standards and the requirements held within.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 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 exposed to fall hazards were not trained on how to recognize and mitigate those fall hazards.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 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 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.    The employees on site were not familiar with the OSHA ladder / stairway standards and the requirements held within.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:     On or about March 6, 2014, employees were installing siding from a pump jack scaffolding system that was not equipped with mud sills.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.     On or about March 6, 2014, employees working from a pump jack scaffolding system installing siding at a height greater than ten feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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 March 6, 2014, employees working from a residential deck / roof installing siding at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    On or about March 6, 2014, employees were accessing the working level (deck / roof) via a staircase that contained more than four risers without a handrail or stairrail system.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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 March 6, 2014, employees were utilizing portable extension ladders, which were not extended three feet passed the landing surface, to access the working level (roof / scaffolding).

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.     On or about March 6, 2014, employees were utilizing a portable fiberglass extension ladder that contained structural defects.