OSHA Inspection: SANTOS HOME IMPROVEMENT & CONTRACTING LLC

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    JOBSITE:  An employee working/walking underneath overhead work and exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling tools and/or material was not wearing a protective hard hat.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Abate by

Oct 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $780 Reduced

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.    JOBSITE:  The employee cutting wood with a circular saw was not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In an energized installation, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy.    JOBSITE: A duplex electrical outlet was missing a faceplate.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  JOBSITE: A yellow extension cord used to power a portable circular saw was damaged with torn outer insulation.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 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:  The employees performing roofing work were not protected from falling between 7 ft. 9 inches to 13 ft. 7 inches to the ground from the low slope (4 in 12 pitch) roof while working without being provided with guardrails, personal fall arrest systems or other equivalent means.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Abate by

Oct 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 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:  The employees, exposed to the hazard of falling while performing roofing work on the low slope (4 in 12 pitch) roof were not provided with information and training to control or minimize such hazards.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Abate by

Oct 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  JOBSITE:  The employees, using a Werner 16 ft. aluminum extension ladder, which was used by the employees to access a roof were not provided with information and training regarding the safe use and handling of the ladder.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 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:(a) (LOCATION) (IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATION(S) AND/OR CONDITIONS)    JOBSITE:  The side rails of the Werner aluminum extension ladder, used by the employees to access the upper working deck did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):  JOBSITE:  The horizontal distance from the vertical support to the base of the Werner 16 ft. aluminum extension ladder, which was used by the employees to access the roof was more than one fourth (1/4) of the working length of the ladder.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladder(s) were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and/or after an occurrence that could have affected their safe use:  JOBSITE:  The Werner 16 ft. aluminum extension ladder used by the employees as a means of access to the roof of a house was not inspected by a competent person for visible defects and had a bent rung.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.  JOBSITE:  The Werner 16 ft. aluminum extension ladder used by the employees as a means of access to the roof of a house was not removed from service when a rung was bent.

Issued

Sep 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and/or bottom of (a) ladder(s) was not kept clear:    JOBSITE:  The employees were exposed to a tripping hazard while debris such as, (but not limited to) ripped pieces of old roofing paper, broken pieces of old roof shingles, and broken pieces of old lumber was scattered on the ground around a ladder that they used to gain access to the roof.