OSHA Inspection: GUSTAVO VARGAS

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-27 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):    The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with residential construction activities.  The most recent occurrence of this took place at the new home being built on the corner of 220th Street and 220th Ave in Elkhorn, NE where the employer has two employees without fall protection, walking and working the top plate of the exterior and interior walls of the first floor on a new residential construction where the fall hazard is greater than six feet.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-27 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:   The employer is failing to train employees to recognize the fall hazards associated with residential construction activities.  The most recent occurrence of this took place at the new home being built on the corner of 220th Street and 220th Ave in Elkhorn, NE where the employer has two employees without fall protection, walking and working the top plate of the exterior and interior walls of the first floor on a new residential construction where the fall hazard is greater than six feet.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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 ladders 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(s) was/were not secured at its top to a rigid support, and/or a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist the employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:     The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with using a portable fiberglass A-Frame ladder in residential construction activities.  The most recent occurrence of this took place at the new home being built on the corner of 220th Street and 220th Ave in Elkhorn, NE where the employer has two employees using an 8 foot fiberglass A-Frame ladder as means of access/egress to the top of a 10 foot interior and exterior wall.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:   The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with using a portable fiberglass A-Frame ladder in residential construction activities.  The most recent occurrence of this took place at the new home being built on the corner of 220th Street and 220th Ave in Elkhorn, NE where the employer has two employees stepping and standing on the top two rungs of the 8 foot fiberglass A-Frame ladder used as a means of access/egress to the top of a 10 foot interior and exterior wall.

Issued

2015-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii):    The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling the ladders and/or stairways:     The employer is failing to train employees to recognize fall hazards associated with using a portable fiberglass A-Frame ladder in residential construction activities.  The most recent occurrence of this took place at the new home being built on the corner of 220th Street and 220th Ave in Elkhorn, NE where the employer has two employees stepping and standing on the top two rungs of the 8 foot fiberglass A-Frame ladder used as a means of access/egress to the top of a 10 foot interior and exterior wall.