OSHA Inspection: CESAR OMAR RODRIGUEZ

Issued

Jul 7, 2015

Abate by

Jul 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $560 Reduced

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):   Jobsite located at 701 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Independence, KS 67301;  employees engaged in residential roofing work on a 7 in 12 pitch roof without fall protection were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 13 feet, 3 inches from the eave to the ground/concrete below.

Issued

Jul 7, 2015

Abate by

Jul 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $400 Reduced

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:  Jobsite located at 701 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Independence, KS 67301;  employees working at heights greater than 6 feet without fall protection were not adequately trained to recognize and minimize fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 7, 2015

Abate by

Jul 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $400 Reduced

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:   Jobsite located at 701 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Independence, KS 67301: employees using the portable metal extension ladder to access the roof were exposed to fall hazards of up to 13 feet 3 inches from the ladder to the brick/concrete below in that the side rails of the ladder did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface of the roof.  The side rails extended approximately 18 inches.

Issued

Jul 7, 2015

Abate by

Jul 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $400 Reduced

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 hazards:  Jobsite located at 701 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Independence, KS 67301; employees had not been adequately trained to recognize and minimize hazards associated with ladders.  Employees did not recognize and take steps to correct the portable metal extension ladder which was improperly set up and used with the side rails extended less than 3 feet above the landing surface of the roof.