OSHA Inspection: GUSATAVO HERNANDEZ

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  At the jobsite located at 16005 Melrose St., Overland Park KS; employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to struck-by hazards to the eyes in the following instances:   a) Employees were using pneumatic nail guns without using eye protection.  b) An employee was using a radial saw without using eye protection.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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):   At the jobsite located at 16005 Melrose St., Overland Park, KS; employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 feet from the eave to the ground in that fall protection was not used.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-20 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:  At the jobsite located at 16005 Melrose St., Overland Park KS; employees engaged in framing activities had not been trained to recognize and minimize fall hazards.  Employees working at heights of approximately 9 feet were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(c): When employees were exposed to falling objects the employer did not require employees to wear hard hats and did not implement measures to prevent objects from falling from higher levels as set forth in (c)(1)-(3) of this section:  At the jobsite located at 16005 Melrose St., Overland Park KS; an employee engaged in framing activities on the ground level was exposed to struck-by hazards from falling objects in that a hard hat was not worn while passing materials to employees working above.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  At the jobsite located at 16005 Melrose St., Overland Park, KS; employees engaged in framing activities were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 14 feet from the ladder to the ground in that the side rails of the portable extension ladder used to access the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface of the roof.  The side rails extended approximately 1 foot.