OSHA Inspection: OMAR ANGELES

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $1360.00

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.  On 9/10/15, at the Reserves at Bogan Lake site, employees working on ground levels were exposed to head injuries as employees worked above them on roof levels and scaffolds.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $1360.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).  On 9/10/15, at the Reserves at Bogan Lake job site, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10' as working levels were not fully decked.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  On 9/10/15, at the Reserves at Bogan Lake job site, employees worked on scaffolds greater than 10' from lower levels and were not protected from falls with guardrail systems along open sides and ends.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $1360.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(i): Guys, ties, and braces were not installed at locations where horizontal members support both inner and outer legs.  On 9/10/15, at the Reserves at Bogan Lake job site, employees worked from scaffolds that did not have braces installed all inner and outer supports of the scaffolds.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.  On 9/10/15, at the Reserves at Bogan Lake job site, scaffolds used by employees were not inspected by a competent person before employees were permitted to use the scaffolds.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  On 9/10/15, the employer did not create and implement a training program for employees working on scaffolds to identify and eliminate hazards associated with scaffold work.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $1700.00

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).  On 9/10/15, at The Reserves at Bogan Lake job site, employees were exposed to fall hazards of 11' as they worked from roof levels installing brick to the outside of a residential home job site.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  On 9/10/15, when employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 6' the employer did not provide a fall protection training program.

Issued

2015-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $1360.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.    On 9/10/15, at the Reserves at Bogan Lake site, employees were using a ladder to access roof levels that did not extend 3 feet above the roof level and it was not secured into place.