OSHA Inspection: OLMAN CALDERON

Issued

2014-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system:    a) 828 Fenwick Drive, Worksite, Roof - on or about November 4, 2014, employees were performing roofing work on a low slope roof, approximately 18 feet above grade without any means of fall protection.

Issued

2014-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1156.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:    a) 828 Fenwick Drive, Worksite, Roof - on or about November 4, 2014, an employee was performing roofing work on a 4 in 12 pitched roof, approximately 12 feet above grade, using a 'rope grab' style fall protection system that was not adjusted to prevent a free fall in excess of six feet or contacting a lower level.

Issued

2014-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1156.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    a) 828 Fenwick Drive, Worksite, Roof - on or about November 4, 2014, employees were using a Featherlite 375 extension ladder to access the roof of a structure, but the ladder did not extend three feet above the upper landing surface nor is secured to prevent displacement while under load and provided with a grasping device.

Issued

2014-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):  a) 828 Fenwick Drive, Worksite, Roof - on or about November 4, 2014, employees were using a Featherlite 375 extension ladder to access the roof of a structure which was set at approximately a 70 degree angle or 44.7% of its working length.