OSHA Inspection: BETOS ALVERZE FRAMING

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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 framing work for a new apartment building without a fall protection system in place on the 3rd working level.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet to the ground.

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  At the job site 411 S. 4th Street, Manhattan, Kansas employees doing residential wood framing work for a 4 story apartment complex were exposed to 20 foot falls from the deck to the ground.  Employees were not trained effectively to recognize the circumstances when fall protection was required and the means/methods to implement to prevent falls.