OSHA Inspection: GUSTAVO GODOY

Issued

2015-02-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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:   Workers were observed re-roofing the roof of a residential style construction site (house) not wearing harness or lanyard.  The workers were exposed to falls of over 10 feet to sidewalk, dirt and stones below.

Issued

2015-02-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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:   The employer is failing to provide employees with adequate and effective fall protection training prior to allowing them to work on a residential style roof.  This training would allow each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and allow them to understand the proper procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.