OSHA Inspection: JUAN DE LA CRUZ HERNANDEZ

Issued

2014-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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):  The employer allows workers to be exposed to hazardous conditions created by not conducting frequent or regular inspections.  The most recent occurrence was at 240 Montecito Terrace, St. Peters, MO  63304, where they failed to make frequent or regular inspections of the worksite to ensure all workers were in compliance with company safety and health policies and OSHA standards.  The workers were exposed to the following hazards:  a) An approximate 9-foot, 8-inch fall hazard as they worked on the roof without the use of an adequate fall protection system and/or fall arrest system  b) An approximate 9-foot, 8-inch fall hazard as the used a ladder to access the roof that did not extend the necessary 3 feet above the landing  c) Employees failed to wear eye protection while operating nail guns to perform roofing operations.

Issued

2014-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  Location:  240 Montecito Terrace, St. Peters, MO  63304  Employees failed to wear eye protection while operating nail guns to perform roofing operations.

Issued

2014-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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):   Location:  240 Montecito Terrace, St. Peters, MO  63304  Employees were performing residential roofing activities without the use of any fall protection system:  a) Fall hazard from the approximate 6:12 pitch main roof with an eave to ground distance of approximately 9 feet, 8 inches at the front and approximately 17 feet, 6 inches at the back of the residence.  b) Fall hazard from the approximate 10:12 pitch garage roof with an eave to ground distance of approximately 9 feet, 8 inches.

Issued

2014-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head:  Location:  240 Montecito Terrace, St. Peters, MO  63304  An employee was wearing a full body harnesses attached to a lanyard that was connected to the leg straps at the groin while actively performing roofing activities on an approximate 10:12 pitched garage roof.

Issued

2014-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-02 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:  The employer's training program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling at 240 Montecito Terrace, St. Peters, MO  63304 and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards of falling at 240 Montecito Terrace, St. Peters, MO  63304.

Issued

2014-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  Location:  240 Montecito Terrace, St. Peters, MO  63304  Side rails of ladders used by employees to access a roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface.