OSHA Inspection: JOSE HOMERO MERCHAN

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not constructed in accordance with the design by a qualified person:    location: exterior of house  on or about: 4/19/14    a) Employees were engaged in roofing work from a wall mounted bracket scaffold, that was not constructed in accordance with the design on the sticker that was placed on the 'American' Model 2200 Side Wall Staging Brackets. The spacing between the brackets was 17'5" and 19'1". There was no wood placed on the exterior of the sheathing. One of the brackets gave way, exposing the employees to a fall of 24 feet.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    location: exterior of house  on or about: 4/19/14    a) Employees, engaged in roofing work from a wall mounted bracket scaffold, were not provided with fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of 24 feet.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs 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:      location: entire site  on or about: 4/19/14    a) Employees, engaged in residential roofing work, were exposed to several scaffold hazards. The employees were not provided with scaffold safety training.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:   location: entire site on or about: 4/19/14  a) Employees, engaged in residential roofing work, erected wall mounted bracket scaffolding. The employees were not provided with scaffold erection safety training.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

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 system, or personal fall arrest system:    location: Roof  on or about: 4/19/14    a) Employees, engaged in residential  roofing, were not provided with fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of  up to 26 feet.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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:    location: entire site  on or about: 4/19/14    a) Employees, engaged in residential  roofing, were not provided with fall protection training. The employees were exposed to a fall of  up to 26 feet.