OSHA Inspection: JZA CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Nov 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 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:  a. On the roof, eye protection was not provided to an employee operating a pneumatic nail gun, exposing the employee to a struck-by hazard, on or about 9/3/2015.

Issued

Nov 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 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):  a. On the 5/12 pitched roof, fall protection was not provided, exposing employees to 20 foot fall hazard, on or about 9/3/15.

Issued

Nov 2, 2015

Abate by

Nov 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:  a. At the jobsite, fall protection training was not provided to employees installing plywood sheeting on the roof of a 2 story residential property, exposing the employees to a 20 foot fall hazard, on or about 9/3/2015.

Issued

Nov 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 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. On the roof, the portable extension ladder used to access the roof top extended approximately 18 inches past the landing surface, exposing employees to an 8 foot fall hazard, on or about 9/3/2015.