OSHA Inspection: JUAN SANCHEZ

Issued

2016-01-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.  (a) Employees installing tiles on a sloped roof were exposed to falls from approximately 24 feet above a lower level;  (b) Employees installing tiles on a sloped eave were exposed to falls from approximately 10 feet above a lower level;

Issued

2016-01-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support:  (a) Employees laying tiles on a roof were exposed to falls from not ladders not extending at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface;  (b) Employees laying tiles on an eave were exposed to falls from not ladders not extending at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.