OSHA Inspection: FELIPE ROBLES

Issued

Dec 19, 2014

Abate by

Feb 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were other provisions of paragraph (b) of this section used to provide an alternative fall protection measure:      At the Jobsite located at 3737 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE  68105: The employer is failing to ensure that employees engaged in residential construction activities were protected from falls while working at heights greater than 6 feet from lower levels. On or about 30 October, 2014; employees were performing residential roofing activities without conventional fall protection and exposed to fall distances greater 19 feet.

Issued

Dec 19, 2014

Abate by

Feb 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 jobsite located at 3737 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68105:  The employer is failing to provide a training program to ensure that employees are able to recognize and minimize hazards when exposed to falls greater than 6 feet.

Issued

Dec 19, 2014

Abate by

Feb 6, 2015

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:     3737 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE on the South side of the facility: The employer allowed employees to use a 32 foot aluminum extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 past the roof being accessed.

Issued

Dec 19, 2014

Abate by

Feb 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and/or bottom of (a) ladder(s) was not kept clear:    Jobsite at 3737 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68105: The employer is failing to ensure that the area around the bottom of the ladder is kept clear. On or about October 30, 2014, the employer allowed employees to use an aluminum extension ladder that was too close to the neighboring building this did not allow employees to safely mount and dismount the ladder.

Issued

Dec 19, 2014

Abate by

Feb 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders shall have nonconductive siderails if they are used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment, except as provided in 1926.951(c)(1) of this part.    Jobsite located at 3737 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68105: the employer is failing to ensure that nonconductive ladders were used around electrical wires. On October 30, 2014, employees were observed using an aluminum extension ladder to access a roof they were shingling. The ladder was located approximately 2-3 feet from an energized electrical service drop.

Issued

Dec 19, 2014

Abate by

Feb 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:      Felipe Robles dba Robles Roofing : Employees of Robles Roofing were not trained by their employer to recognize hazards related to the unsafe uses of ladders. During the inspection the CSHO observed employees utilizing a section of a 32 foot aluminum extension ladder to access a roof. The ladder did not extend a minimum of 3 past the level being accessed, the bottom of the ladder was not kept clear and the ladder was placed near an electrical service drop.