OSHA Inspection: LUZ ANDREA FLORES GUTIERREZ

Issued

Apr 10, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

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):  The employer allows workers to be exposed to hazardous conditions created by not conducting frequent or regular inspections.  The most recent occurrence was at 815 Victory Drive, St. Louis, MO  63125, where they failed to make frequent or regular inspections of the worksite to ensure all workers were in compliance with company safety and health policies and OSHA standards.   The workers were exposed to a fall hazard ranging from approximately 9 feet to 10 feet as they were performing residential roofing activities on an approximate 3:12 pitch without the use of any fall protection system.  In addition, employees failed to wear eye protection while operating nail guns to perform roofing operations.

Issued

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  Location:  815 Victory Drive, St. Louis, MO  63125  Workers failed to wear eye protection while operating nail guns to perform roofing operations.

Issued

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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):   Location:  815 Victory Drive, St. Louis, MO  63125  The workers were exposed to a fall hazard ranging from approximately 9 feet to 10 feet as they were performing residential roofing activities on an approximate 3:12 pitch without the use of any fall protection system.

Issued

Apr 10, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

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:  The employer's training program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling at 815 Victory Drive, St. Louis, MO  63125 and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards of falling at 815 Victory Drive, St. Louis, MO  63125.