OSHA Inspection: SIMON PIOQUINTO

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a)  At Lot 105 Morgan Woods (Front of House) Auburn, Alabama:  On or about January 6, 2015 and at times prior; the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards of 11 feet to the ground below while engaged in framing activities without any fall protection.  b)  At Lot 105 Morgan Woods (Rear of House) Auburn, Alabama:  On or about January 6, 2015 and at times prior; the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards of 11 feet to the ground below while engaged in framing activities without any fall protection.  c)  At Lot 105 Morgan Woods (Rear of House) Auburn, Alabama:  On or about January 6, 2015 and at times prior; the employer failed to install guardrails around the open areas where employees were getting on and off the ladder exposing his employees to fall hazards of 10.2 feet to the floor below.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-19 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:  a)  At Lot 105 Morgan Woods Auburn, Alabama:  On or about January 6, 2015 and at times prior; the employer failed to train employees involved in framing activities on fall protection to include but not limited to the nature of fall hazards in the work area and on how the erect maintain and inspect the fall protection being used exposing his employees to fall hazards of up to 18.8 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $2040.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(1): Ladders shall be capable of supporting the following loads without failure:  a)  At Lot 105 Morgan Woods Auburn, Alabama:  On or about January 6, 2015 and a times prior; the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards in that he allowed his employees to use a job made ladder on site to gain access to and from the second level of the house and the ladder did not have blocks under every rail.

Issued

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) At Lot 105 Morgan Woods Auburn, Alabama:  On or about January 6, 2015 and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure a ladder used by employees to gain access to the second level of the house had rails that extended at least three feet past the landing area exposing employees to a fall hazard of 10.2 feet to the concrete floor below.