OSHA Inspection: VICTOR OLGUIN

Issued

Aug 6, 2015

Abate by

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:  At the location of 16445 Cody Street, in Overland Park KS, employees engaged in roofing activity on a steep roof were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11 feet from roofs edge to the ground below. The employees were exposed in that a fall protection system was not in place to keep the employee from falling.

Issued

Aug 6, 2015

Abate by

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not train each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards to enable them to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  At the location of 16445 Cody Street, in Overland Park KS, employees engaged in roofing activity on a steep roof were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11 feet from roofs edge to the ground below. The employee was exposed in that training was not provided to minimize the hazards of falling.