OSHA Inspection: PEDRO CASTRO HERNANDEZ

Issued

2015-09-04 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.) Meritage Homes of GA-2328 Beringer Lane Powder Springs, GA: The employer exposed the employees to fall hazards when employees were required to install stone veneers on the exterior of the home from a scaffold that was approximately 14 feet above ground level without fall protection.

Issued

2015-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) Meritage Homes of GA-2328 Beringer Lane Powder Springs, GA 30127: The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet while working from a scaffold without fall protection. Employees were accessing the scaffold from the frame.

Issued

2015-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.    a.) Meritage Homes of GA-2328 Beringer Lane Powder Springs, GA: The employer exposed employees to chemical hazards when employees were required to handle cement that contains lime without gloves.

Issued

2015-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   a) Meritage Homes of GA-2328 Beringer Lane Powder Springs, GA: The employer did not establish a written hazard communication program for the employee exposed to hazardous substances such as, but not limited to mortar cement that exposes the employees to skin irritation.