OSHA Inspection: GARCIA BUILDERS, LLC.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:  (a) At the job site, an employee was operating a high reach aerial lift had a fullbody harness but no lanyard. The employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 30 feet as observed on or about 01/21/2016.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

Jun 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(k)(6): The fall protection plan did not include a written discussion of other measures that will be taken to reduce or eliminate the fall hazard for workers who cannot be provided with protection from the conventional fall protection systems. For example, the employer shall discuss the extent to which scaffolds, ladders, or vehicle mounted work platforms can be used to provide a safer working surface and thereby reduce the hazard of falling.  a) At the job site, the fall protection plan did not consider other alternative fall protection systems criteria and practices such as but not limited to the use scissor lifts or booms, bracket scaffolding attached to the inside or outside of the exterior walls, spreader bars attached to roof trusses, work practices (completing truss sections, erecting and sheeting a series of trusses on the ground and then lifting the unit into place with a crane) to minimize the risk of falls while employees were erecting wood trusses and exposed to fall hazard of approximately 40 feet on or about 01/21/2016.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

Jun 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $5,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    (a) At the job site, an employee working at a balcony was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 30 feet. Feasible conventional fall protection such as but no limited to guardrails and or personal fall arrest system were not provided as observed on or about 01/21/2016.  B) At the job site, employees erecting wood trusses exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 40 feet. Feasible conventional fall protection methods such as but no limited to scissor lifts or booms, bracket scaffolding attached to the inside or outside of the exterior walls, spreader bars attached to roof trusses, work practices (completing truss sections, erecting and sheeting a series of trusses on the ground and then lifting the unit into place with a crane) to minimize the risk of falls while employees were erecting wood trusses and exposed to fall hazard of approximately 40 feet on or about were not provided as observed on or about 01/21/2016.  The Garcia Builders, LLC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1094309, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 01/06/2016, with respect to a workplace located at Largo Florida.