OSHA Inspection: FOUSTINO GALVAN

Issued

2014-06-03 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 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:     (a) Top plate, new residential construction located at 155 Humboldt Drive, Fayetteville, GA 30214: Employee was exposed to falls while engaged in residential framing activities from the front top plate at heights of approximately 18-feet, 6-inches from the lower level without a fall protection system in place.