OSHA Inspection: GUADALUPE MORENO CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $2200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them):   (a)Guadalupe Moreno Construction at 13918 Weld County Road 4, Brighton, CO: On and preceding 9/2/15, the employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.  Workers performed repairs to roof trusses and roof sheathing of a barn.  Workers used extension ladders to access the trusses.  The workers were exposed to fall hazards while working among the trusses and when using the ladders.  Guadalupe Moreno Construction did not perform inspections of the worksite and equipment.  This condition exposed the workers to an approximate sixteen foot fall hazard.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2640.00 · Current $2640.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program enabling recognition of and appropriate protective procedures for fall hazards for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:  (a)Guadalupe Moreno Construction at 13918 Weld County Road 4, Brighton, CO: On and preceding 9/2/15 the employer did not provide a training program enabling recognition of and appropriate protective procedures for fall hazards for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.  Workers performed repairs to roof trusses and roof sheathing of a barn.  The workers were exposed to fall hazards while working among the trusses.  Guadalupe Moreno Construction did not provide fall protection training to the workers.  This condition exposed the workers to an approximate sixteen foot fall hazard.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2640.00 · Current $2640.00

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:  (a)Guadalupe Moreno Construction at 13918 Weld County Road 4, Brighton, CO: On and preceding 9/2/15 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.  Workers performed repairs to roof trusses and roof sheathing of a barn.  Workers used extension ladders to access roof trusses to install braces to trusses and plywood sheeting to underside of roof sheathing.  The workers were not provided ladder training.  This condition exposed the workers to an approximate sixteen foot fall hazard.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11000.00 · Current $11000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface having an unprotected side or edge which was six feet (1.8m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  (a)Guadalupe Moreno Construction, at 13918 Weld County Road 4, Brighton, CO: On and preceding 9/2/15 the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking/working surface having an unprotected side or edge which was six feet (1.8m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.  Workers performed repairs to roof trusses and roof sheathing of a barn.  The workers were exposed to fall hazards while working among the trusses.  The workers were not protected by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.  Guadalupe Moreno Construction did not ensure that the workers utilized fall protection.   This condition exposed the workers to an approximate sixteen foot fall hazard.  Guadalupe Moreno Construction was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection 98979, Citation 1, Item 1 and was issued on September 23, 2011, and affirmed as a final order on October 18, 2011, with respect to a workplace located at 2472 Wolf Creek Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report, within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor:  (a)Guadalupe Moreno Construction at 13918 Weld County Road 4, Brighton, CO: On 9/2/15 the employer did not report, within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.  On 9/2/15 an employee of Guadalupe Moreno Construction fell approximately ten feet from a Werner aluminum extension ladder onto a concrete floor.  The employee died as a result of his injuries on 9/2/15.  The employer did not report the work related fatality to OSHA.