OSHA Inspection: DANIEL RAMOS

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

May 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:   At the job site 411 S. 4th Street, Manhattan, Kansas, employees were doing residential construction work on the 2nd and 3rd story of a new apartment building with no fall protection system was in place.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 and 28 feet to the ground.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

May 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:  At the job site 411 S. 4th Street, Manhattan, Kansas, employees were doing residential construction work on the 2nd and 3rd story of a new apartment building with no fall protection system was in place.  Employees were not trained effectively to recognize the circumstances when fall protection was required and the means/methods to implement to ensure compliance.