OSHA Inspection: ABEL FLORES

Issued

Nov 6, 2014

Abate by

Dec 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  On September 9, 2014, Abel Flores, was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through written certification that each citation was abated.  Abatement certification was not received for the following violations:        a.    Citation 1 Item 1, and      b.    Citation 1 Item 2a & b.

Issued

Nov 6, 2014

Abate by

Dec 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required:   On September 9, 2014, Abel Flores, was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through documents that each citation was abated.  Abatement documentation was not received for the following violations:        a.    Citation 1 Item 3a & b and     b.    Citation 1 Item 4a & b.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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)  Employees were exposed to fall hazards and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  An employee on the ground was exposed to struck-by hazards while passing sheeting material to the employees on the roof without appropriate head protection, along side a commercial building while other employees worked on the roof above him and the employees had not received instruction from the employer to recognize and avoid the unsafe conditions found at the job site.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.  An employee, on the ground, was exposed to struck-by hazards while passing sheeting material to employees on the roof without appropriate head protection, along side a residential building while other employees worked on the roof above them and the employer did not ensure that head protection was utilized.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  Employee performing roofing activities on a commercial roof were exposed to fall hazards and the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection was utilized.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  An employee was exposed to fall hazards and the employer had not provided training to employees to enable them to recognize and minimize the hazards.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:  Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 10 feet when using an extension ladder to access a roof to perform roofing operations and the side rails of the ladder extended approximately twelve (12) inches above the landing surface.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):   The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   Employees were exposed to a falls of approximately 10 feet when using an extension ladder to access a roof to perform roofing operations and the side rails of the ladders extended approximately twelve (12) inches above the landing surface. The employer did not provide training for each employee that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.